Traceability enabled by Metamodel Integration

Abstract

Traceability supports software development by connecting separated software artifacts explicitly with each other using traceability links. While intra traceability within single artifacts is solvable by a single metamodel, for inter traceability between different separated artifacts their metamodels have to be related to each other. Therefore, this paper presents an approach to realize inter traceability by integrating the metamodels of the artifacts into one metamodel together with their traceability information. The approach is demonstrated in a small software project using requirements, class diagrams, and source code.