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Revisiting the Core Ontology and Problem in Requirements Engineering

by: Ivan J. Jureta, John Mylopoulos, and Stéphane Faulkner

In: International Conference on Requirements Engineering Barcelona: (2008) .

Abstract

In their seminal paper in the ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, Zave and Jackson established a core ontology for Requirements Engineering RE and used it to formulate the “requirements problem”, thereby defining what it means to successfully complete RE. Given that stakeholders of the system-to-be communicate the information needed to perform RE, we show that Zave and Jackson’s ontology is incomplete. It does not cover all types of basic concerns that the stakeholders communicate. These include beliefs, desires, intentions, and attitudes. In response, we propose a core ontology that covers these concerns and is grounded in sound conceptual foundations resting on a foundational ontology. The new core ontology for RE leads to a new formulation of the requirements problem that extends Zave and Jackson’s formulation. We thereby establish new standards for what minimum information should be represented in RE languages and new criteria for determining whether RE has been successfully completed.

BibTeX record

@inproceedings{jureta08re,
  abstract = {In their seminal paper in the ACM Transactions on Software
Engineering and Methodology, Zave and Jackson established
a core ontology for Requirements Engineering
(RE) and used it to formulate the “requirements problem”,
thereby defining what it means to successfully complete RE.
Given that stakeholders of the system-to-be communicate
the information needed to perform RE, we show that Zave
and Jackson’s ontology is incomplete. It does not cover
all types of basic concerns that the stakeholders communicate.
These include beliefs, desires, intentions, and attitudes.
In response, we propose a core ontology that covers
these concerns and is grounded in sound conceptual foundations
resting on a foundational ontology. The new core
ontology for RE leads to a new formulation of the requirements
problem that extends Zave and Jackson’s formulation.
We thereby establish new standards for what minimum
information should be represented in RE languages and new
criteria for determining whether RE has been successfully
completed.},
  added-at = {2008-09-19T20:22:19.000+0200},
  address = {Barcelona},
  author = {Jureta, Ivan J. and Mylopoulos, John and Faulkner, Stéphane},
  biburl = {http://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2971c9eea4bab0cff18d5f00d3e6510a8/neilernst},
  booktitle = {International Conference on Requirements Engineering},
  interhash = {4972b36dae84888024bddd8318b7c2c6},
  intrahash = {971c9eea4bab0cff18d5f00d3e6510a8},
  keywords = {ontology requirements},
  timestamp = {2008-09-19T20:22:19.000+0200},
  title = {Revisiting the Core Ontology and Problem in Requirements Engineering},
  year = 2008
}

Endnote record

%0 Conference Paper
%1 jureta08re
%A Jureta, Ivan J.
%A Mylopoulos, John
%A Faulkner, Stéphane
%B International Conference on Requirements Engineering
%C Barcelona
%D 2008
%K 
%T Revisiting the Core Ontology and Problem in Requirements Engineering
%X In their seminal paper in the ACM Transactions on Software
Engineering and Methodology, Zave and Jackson established
a core ontology for Requirements Engineering
(RE) and used it to formulate the “requirements problem”,
thereby defining what it means to successfully complete RE.
Given that stakeholders of the system-to-be communicate
the information needed to perform RE, we show that Zave
and Jackson’s ontology is incomplete. It does not cover
all types of basic concerns that the stakeholders communicate.
These include beliefs, desires, intentions, and attitudes.
In response, we propose a core ontology that covers
these concerns and is grounded in sound conceptual foundations
resting on a foundational ontology. The new core
ontology for RE leads to a new formulation of the requirements
problem that extends Zave and Jackson’s formulation.
We thereby establish new standards for what minimum
information should be represented in RE languages and new
criteria for determining whether RE has been successfully
completed.