Can domain modeling be automated?: levels of automation in domain modeling

Abstract

In this tutorial we will review some ways to automate domain modeling and discuss the boundaries of automation in this context. We will concentrate on an ontological and conceptual approach which examines software behaviors and not just domain terminology and semantic similarity. We will show and demonstrate a tool named SOVA -- Semantic and Ontological Variability Analysis, which supports automatic domain modeling from software requirements written in free text. We will further discuss how the existence of different SPLs in the same domain may improve the domain models through cross product line analysis.