An infrastructure oriented for cataloging services and reuse of analysis patterns

Abstract

Patterns have been employed as a mechanism for reuse in several phases of software development. Analysis patterns consist of artifacts for reuse during the requirements analysis and conceptual modeling. However, they are generally, documented in a textual manner which is not precise to be treated by a computer, thus limiting the dissemination and a wider reuse. Within the geo-processing area, Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) has been used quite effectively as an instrument for the reuse of geospatial data and services. Based on the development of SDIs, this article proposes an Analysis Patterns Reuse Infrastructure (APRI) comprising web services and a metadata representation for the specification of analysis patterns, in order to support the cataloging and reusing of analysis patterns. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.