Towards Generation of Textual Requirements Descriptions from UML Models

9th International Conference on Information Systems Implementation and Modelling

Petr Kroha ; Philipp Gerber ; Lars Rosenhainer

PID  :  1741

来源: CEUR

【 摘 要 】

In this paper, we describe our novel approach to requirements validation by paraphrasing a requirements model expressed in UML by natural language (NL). After an analyst has specified a UML model based on a requirements description, a text may be generated that describes this model. Thus users and domain experts are enabled to validate the UML model, which would generally not be possible as most of them do not understand (semi-)formal languages such as UML. A corresponding text generator has been implemented which makes use of such NL generation approaches as text schemata and rhetorical relations.