KOntoR: An ontology-enabled approach to software reuse

Research on software reuse libraries has extensively dealt with representation and retrieval issues of software artifacts While representation in terms of metadata is a key issue, most systems neglect the possibilities of leveraging knowledge about the corresponding problem domain In this paper, we present KOntoR- an ontology-enabled approach to software reuse We show how background knowledge provided in the form of ontologies can increase the value of reuse libraries This is achieved by integrating explicit and implicit metadata semantically, thus providing means for deriving new facts Additionally, we give three examples that show how software library users can benefit from formalized knowledge, e.g about software licenses or programming technologies.