Domain Analysis

systems analysis 1. Determining the operations, data

objects, properties and abstractions appropriate for

designing solutions to problems in a given domain.

2. The domain engineering activity in which domain knowledge

is studied and formalised as a domain definition and a domain

specification. A software reuse approach that involves

combining software components, subsystems, etc., into a single

application system.

3. The process of identifying, collecting organising,

analysing and representing a domain model and software

architecture from the study of existing systems, underlying

theory, emerging technology and development histories within

the domain of interest.

4. The analysis of systems within a domain to discover

commonalities and differences among them.

(1997-12-26)