{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2020988764","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218194098000285","title":"ISF: A Visual Formalism for Specifying Interconnection Styles for Software Design","display_name":"ISF: A Visual Formalism for Specifying Interconnection Styles for Software Design","publication_year":1998,"publication_date":"1998-12-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2020988764","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218194098000285","mag":"2020988764"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1142/s0218194098000285","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218194098000285","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S131442419","display_name":"International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering","issn_l":"0218-1940","issn":["0218-1940","1793-6403"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319815","host_organization_name":"World Scientific","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319815"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["World Scientific"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5004087073","display_name":"Spiros Mancoridis","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6354-4281"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I72816309","display_name":"Drexel University","ror":"https://ror.org/04bdffz58","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I72816309"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Spiros Mancoridis","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I72816309"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":1,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5004087073"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I72816309"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.0924,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":6,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.8224486,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"08","issue":"04","first_page":"517","last_page":"540"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10639","display_name":"Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies","score":0.9991999864578247,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10639","display_name":"Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies","score":0.9991999864578247,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11450","display_name":"Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques","score":0.9972000122070312,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1712","display_name":"Software"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10679","display_name":"Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services","score":0.9970999956130981,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1710","display_name":"Information Systems"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/notation","display_name":"Notation","score":0.9282480478286743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/formalism","display_name":"Formalism (music)","score":0.756977379322052},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7199267745018005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/programming-language","display_name":"Programming language","score":0.5823653340339661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software","display_name":"Software","score":0.519784152507782},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/interconnection","display_name":"Interconnection","score":0.4603433907032013},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/theoretical-computer-science","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","score":0.37910404801368713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/software-engineering","display_name":"Software engineering","score":0.3241614103317261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.12007296085357666}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C45357846","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2001982","display_name":"Notation","level":2,"score":0.9282480478286743},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73301696","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5469984","display_name":"Formalism (music)","level":3,"score":0.756977379322052},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7199267745018005},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.5823653340339661},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777904410","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7397","display_name":"Software","level":2,"score":0.519784152507782},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123745756","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1665949","display_name":"Interconnection","level":2,"score":0.4603433907032013},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C80444323","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2878974","display_name":"Theoretical computer science","level":1,"score":0.37910404801368713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C115903868","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80993","display_name":"Software engineering","level":1,"score":0.3241614103317261},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.12007296085357666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C94375191","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11205","display_name":"Arithmetic","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C142362112","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q735","display_name":"Art","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C558565934","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2743","display_name":"Musical","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153349607","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36649","display_name":"Visual arts","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1142/s0218194098000285","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218194098000285","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S131442419","display_name":"International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering","issn_l":"0218-1940","issn":["0218-1940","1793-6403"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319815","host_organization_name":"World Scientific","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319815"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["World Scientific"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.14.4640","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.14.4640","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.cs.drexel.edu/~smancori/research/papers/IJSEKE98.ps","raw_type":"text"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.90.6255","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.90.6255","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://www.cs.drexel.edu/~spiros/papers/IJSEKE98.pdf","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions","score":0.7200000286102295,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2166247150","https://openalex.org/W4243252198","https://openalex.org/W1511998565","https://openalex.org/W2118300983","https://openalex.org/W2112962394","https://openalex.org/W1953698629","https://openalex.org/W2338700700","https://openalex.org/W2950598025","https://openalex.org/W1608926716","https://openalex.org/W2184378954"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"We":[0,101],"have":[1],"developed":[2],"a":[3,16,42],"framework":[4,14,40],"for":[5,117],"specifying":[6,61],"high-level":[7],"software":[8],"designs.":[9],"The":[10],"core":[11],"of":[12,64,69,78,90],"the":[13,37,56,62,79,87],"is":[15],"very":[17],"simple":[18,57],"visual":[19],"notation.":[20,81],"This":[21,50],"notation":[22,59],"enables":[23,52],"designers":[24,53],"to":[25,36,54,95,113],"document":[26],"designs":[27],"as":[28,73,75],"labelled":[29],"rectangles":[30],"and":[31,71,92],"directed":[32],"edges.":[33],"In":[34,82],"addition":[35],"notation,":[38],"our":[39],"features":[41],"supporting":[43,115],"formalism,":[44],"called":[45],"ISF":[46,91,94,105],"(Interconnection":[47],"Style":[48],"Formalism).":[49],"formalism":[51],"customize":[55],"design":[58,99],"by":[60],"type":[63],"entities,":[65],"relations,":[66,72],"legal":[67],"configurations":[68],"entities":[70],"well":[74],"scoping":[76],"rules":[77],"custom":[80,98,119],"this":[83],"paper":[84],"we":[85],"present":[86],"formal":[88],"definition":[89],"use":[93],"specify":[96],"two":[97],"notations.":[100,120],"also":[102],"describe":[103],"how":[104],"specifications,":[106],"using":[107],"deductive":[108],"database":[109],"technology,":[110],"are":[111],"used":[112],"generate":[114],"tools":[116],"these":[118]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T06:26:12.895304","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}