Remodularization at the Level of Web Services by Using a Technique Based on Formal Concept Analysis (FCA)

In previous research we proceeded to remodularization of software architectures based of classes and packages and architectures based on components. We used approaches based on Formal Concept Analysis (FCA) [2] [6] [7], Oriented Graph [1] [4] and Relational Concept Analysis (RCA) [3]. The Webbased Information Systems (WIS) rely more frequently on a service-oriented architecture. This concept of architecture seeks to organize a set of isolated software applications into a set of interconnected services. Each one is accessible through the interfaces and standard communication protocols [5]. At this level an approach using the concept of view and the point of view of web services was adopted [5] [8]. This paper presents the usefulness of formal concept analysis for remodularization of a service-oriented architecture.