A formal approach to software components classification and retrieval
COMPSAC '97 Proceedings of the 21st International Computer Software and Applications Conference
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In this paper, a hybrid approach, which combines faceted scheme and free text analysis, is proposed for classifying and retrieving reusable software components. In our approach, facet scheme is extended by associating a set of index words, instead of just one, with each facet. The index words are extracted using free text analysis and are ranked by their significance. We also conducted two simple experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of our approach and to determine the factors that contribute to the effectiveness of retrieval. We also found that, free text analysis may still introduce noise, even after two cutoffs are used to remove irrelevant index words. Thus, it may be necessary that, after free text analysis, a filtering phase should be performed for improving retrieval effectiveness. Keywords: Object library classification and retrieval, faceted scheme, free-text analysis