Semantic Software Traceability Using Property Listing Task: Pilot Study

In recent years, the quest for finding practical software traceability approaches has intensified. Several existing approaches have not utilized every level of information in creating trace link pairs, so their accuracy is low. Since software artifacts are term-heavy, semantics becomes an essential feature. This study proposes a comprehensive concept-based Property Listing Task (PLT) encompassing semantic, structural, and physical features for traceability. PLT is a novel concept in software traceability in which it extracts properties from software artifacts. PLTs from source and target software artifacts are used as a guide in finding the trace link. Based on our case study experimentation on Coffee Maker Project, the result indicates that the proposed Property Listing Task can generate an accurate trace link.