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[Context and motivation] Software Requirement Patterns (SRP) are a type of artifact that may be used during requirements elicitation that also impact positively in other activities like documentation and validation. In our experiences, SRP show a great percentage of reuse for the non-functional requirements needed in call-for-tender requirement specifications. [Question / problem] We are facing the need of formulating the accurate definition of SRP for their use in call-for-tender processes to allow reasoning rigorously and know more about their semantics and applicability. [Principal ideas / results] In this paper we present a metamodel for SRP around three main concepts: 1) the structure of SRP themselves; 2) the relationships among them; 3) the classification criteria for grouping them. [Contribution] We provide a rigorous definition that shows the concepts that are of interest when defining and applying SRP.
This work has been partially supported by the Spanish project TIN2007-64753.
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Franch, X., Palomares, C., Quer, C., Renault, S., De Lazzer, F. (2010). A Metamodel for Software Requirement Patterns. In: Wieringa, R., Persson, A. (eds) Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality. REFSQ 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6182. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14192-8_10
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