Requirements Gathering and Modeling of Domain-Specific Digital Libraries with the 5S Framework: An Archaeological Case Study with ETANA

Shen, Rao and Goncalves, Marcos Andre and Fan, Weiguo and Fox, Edward A. (2005) Requirements Gathering and Modeling of Domain-Specific Digital Libraries with the 5S Framework: An Archaeological Case Study with ETANA. Technical Report TR-05-07, Computer Science, Virginia Tech.

Abstract

Requirements gathering and conceptual modeling are essential for the customization of digital libraries (DLs), to help attend the needs of target com-munities. In this paper, we show how to apply the 5S (Streams, Structures, Spaces, Scenarios, and Societies) formal framework to support both tasks. The intuitive nature of the framework allows for easy and systematic requirements analysis, while its formal nature ensures the precision and correctness required for semi-automatic DL generation. More specifically, we show how 5S can help us define a domain-specific DL metamodel in the field of archaeology. Finally, an archaeological DL case study (from the ETANA project) yields informal and formal descriptions of two DL models (instances of the metamodel).