Version models for software configuration management
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Variation Management for Software Production Lines
SPLC 2 Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software Product Lines
Product-line development requires sophisticated software configuration management
ISPW '96 Proceedings of the 10th International Software Process Workshop
Model-driven software product lines
OOPSLA '05 Companion to the 20th annual ACM SIGPLAN conference on Object-oriented programming, systems, languages, and applications
Software Configuration Management for Product Derivation in Software Product Families
ECBS '08 Proceedings of the 15th Annual IEEE International Conference and Workshop on the Engineering of Computer Based Systems
An Aspect-Oriented and Model-Driven Approach for Managing Dynamic Variability
MoDELS '08 Proceedings of the 11th international conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
Issues in mapping change-based product line architectures to configuration management systems
Proceedings of the 13th International Software Product Line Conference
Mapping features to models: a template approach based on superimposed variants
GPCE'05 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Generative Programming and Component Engineering
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Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is based on the standardization of business document types. Usually, a standard business document type is defined in an all-embracing manner covering all elements needed in any business context, such as geopolitical context, industry context, and others. Before exchanging business documents in a particular business context, business partners have to agree on an implementation guide resulting in a subset of the standard document type. Different subsets of a standard document type may also be considered as variants of the standard document type. Since no agreed methodology for building variants of standard documents types exists, the domain of EDI may learn from Software Engineering. In fact, we are facing the need for managing variants which is typically addressed in Software Configuration Management. In this position paper, we propose utilizing concepts from Product Line Engineering (PLE) for managing variability in business document models. Therefore, we present the challenges encountered in managing variability in business documents. Furthermore, we provide a profound discussion why concepts from PLE are promising for managing business document variants.