Keeping requirements and test cases consistent: Towards an ontology-based approach

摘要

Due to increasing functionality and use of software within mechatronic systems, their complexity increases. Quality and correctness of these systems' functionality must be ensured making an approach for requirements and test case management necessary. To provide a first step towards solving these challenges, this paper presents a modeling approach that enables the early integration between requirements and test cases. Moreover, a first study on using semantic technologies for ensuring consistency is presented. By that, the foundations for supporting test engineers in specifying and testing the system are formed.