XML-based retrieval of object-oriented frameworks

The productivity of software development largely depends on the degree of how much the ready-made software components are reused effectively. An eject-oriented application framework is a semi-completed application. It enables software developers to reuse the knowledge from the application analysis and design phase as well as the development phase of software. As object-oriented frameworks are complex and large, effectiveness of convention approaches to retrieve reusable frameworks may be reduced. This paper proposes to model object-oriented frameworks using XML(extended Markup Language) and apply retrieval technique for structured documents. It characterizes elements for describing framework information and suggests their schema. It also increases effectiveness of search by expanding similar terms through query reformulation.