TQL: A query language to support traceability

  • Authors:
  • Jonathan I. Maletic;Michael L. Collard

  • Affiliations:
  • Kent State University, Ohio, USA;Kent State University, Ohio, USA

  • Venue:
  • TEFSE '09 Proceedings of the 2009 ICSE Workshop on Traceability in Emerging Forms of Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

A query language for traceability is proposed and presented. The language, TQL, is based in XML and supports queries across multiple artifacts and multiple traceability link types. A number of primitives are defined to allow complex queries to be constructed and executed. Example queries are presented in the context of traceability questions. The technical details of the language and issues of implementation are discussed.