12th IEEE International Workshop on Program Comprehension (IWPC'04)
Towards a Technique for Reverse Engineering Web Transactions from a User's Perspective
Bari, Italy
June 24-June 26
ISBN: 0-7695-2149-5
Many Web sites could improve their users' experience through systematic analysis of transaction paths, so that users' expectations and site design are more closely aligned. This paper outlines preliminary steps towards a technique for reverse engineering Web transactions from a user's perspective. The result of the reverse engineering activity is a conceptual model that is based on extensions to the transaction design portion of the Ubiquitous Web Applications (UWA) framework. In particular, changes to the definition of an "activity," redefinitions of the "PropertySet" associated with an activity, and refinements to the UWA Organization and Execution models are proposed.
Index Terms:
conceptual modeling, reverse engineering, transactions, Web site evolution, Web services
Citation:
Damiano Distante, Tauhida Parveen, Scott Tilley, "Towards a Technique for Reverse Engineering Web Transactions from a User's Perspective," icpc, pp.142, 12th IEEE International Workshop on Program Comprehension (IWPC'04), 2004