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The unified extensional versioning model

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Summary, in English

Versioning of components in a system is a well-researched field where various adequate techniques have already been established. In this paper, we look at how versioning can be extended to cover also the structural aspects of a system. There exist two basic techniques for versioning - intentional and extensional - and we propose a unified extensional versioning model for versioning of both components and structure in the same way. The unified model is described in detail and three different policies that can be implemented on top of the general model are exemplified/illustrated by three prototype tools constructed by the authors. The model is analysed with respect to the number of versions and con- figurations it generates and has to manage. Finally, the unified extensional model is compared to more traditional intentional models on some important parameters. The conclusions are that the unified model is indeed viable. It not only pro- vides the functionality offered by the intentional model with respect to flexibility during development and management of combinatoric complexity, but also offers a framework for management of configurations that enables systems to provide much more advanced support than is commonly available.

Publishing year

1999

Language

English

Pages

100-122

Publication/Series

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volume

1675

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Springer

Topic

  • Software Engineering

Conference name

9th International Symposium on System Configuration Management, SCM 1999

Conference date

1999-09-05 - 1999-09-07

Conference place

Toulouse, France

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 16113349
  • ISSN: 03029743
  • ISBN: 354066484X
  • ISBN: 9783540664840