Domain analysis: from art form to engineering discipline

A precondition for reusability in software development is the existanca of reusable resources. There is a lack of system&c methods for productfng reusable information. Within tha Vausa communiy. there is belief that dcmain an@vsis will fadlitata the ldentifi~~ and capture of reusable abstractIons for rasbicted classes of applications. This belief is grounded on suo~~6ful expariancas a~~ductad by soma vary capable indbiiuals. However, for domain analysis to become a practical technology we need: 1) to understand the conceptual foundations of the procass; 2) to produce an unambiguous definition in the form of specifica tecbnigues; and, 3) to provide adequab support tools.