{"product_id":"9783869431048","title":"Formalization of Design Patterns by Means of Ontologies","description":"Diploma Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Computer Science - Software, grade: 1, Dresden Technical University, language: English, abstract: Design patterns have proven to be important building blocks and means of reuse in software design. However, the mere number of available design patterns complicates the decision-making which design pattern to choose and demands tools assisting in this process. We hence propose a knowledge-based formal representation of design patterns, a representation that is accessible by tools. \u003cbr\u003e Existing approaches to formalizing design patterns generally cover solely the formal description of the structure of design patterns. However, an important part of a design pattern description is the intent section, because the intent describes what the design pattern does and which design problems a pattern addresses. \u003cbr\u003e In this work, we develop a novel approach of formalizing design patterns by their intent. The formal representation is based on OWL, the web ontology language. The developed ontology can serve as support for the decision-making of choosing the right design pattern. We furthermore develop a tool that uses the ontology as a knowledge-base. The tool allows the user to visually describe design problems and gives suggestions of design patterns that solve a given design problem.","brand":"Examicus Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47064549064944,"sku":"9783869431048","price":38.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783869431048_p0.jpg?v=1763701322","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783869431048","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}