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The software configuration management database

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Edgar H. Sibley,

P. Gerard Scallan,

Eric K. ClemonsAuthors Info & Claims

AFIPS '81: Proceedings of the May 4-7, 1981, national computer conference

Pages 249 - 255

https://doi.org/10.1145/1500412.1500448

Published: 04 May 1981 Publication History

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Software Configuration Management (SCM) is becoming well known in certain sectors of the community (e.g., in Large Scale Data Processing for the U.S. Government) but remains virtually unknown elsewhere. The need for aids to the large scale information systems development process is very well known and documented. This paper deals with SCM as one of the tools for better systems development. It shows an integration of some previous tools into a system that could be implemented on a database management system (DBMS) as an extension to the data dictionary directory (DDD). An architecture for such an SCM system is suggested.

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https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3382025.3414952
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https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-034350-1.50031-0

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Varela-Vaca ÁGasca RCarmona-Fombella JGómez-López MLopez-Herrejon R(2020)AMADEUSProceedings of the 24th ACM Conference on Systems and Software Product Line: Volume A - Volume A10.1145/3382025.3414952(1-12)Online publication date: 19-Oct-2020
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Sibley E(1987)PLANNING FOR AND CONTROL OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMSEconomics and Artificial Intelligence10.1016/B978-0-08-034350-1.50031-0(133-136)Online publication date: 1987
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