An open framework for CVS repository querying, analysis and visualization

ABSTRACT

We present an open framework for visual mining of CVS software repositories. We address three aspects: data extraction, analysis and visualization. We first discuss the challenges of CVS data extraction and storage, and propose a flexible way to deal with CVS implementation inconsistencies. We next present a new technique to enrich the raw data with information about artifacts showing similar evolution. Finally, we propose a visualization backend and show its applicability on industry-size repositories.

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Index Terms

• Applied computing

  • Document management and text processing

    • Document capture

      • Graphics recognition and interpretation

• Computing methodologies

  • Computer graphics

• Information systems

  • Information retrieval

    • Information retrieval query processing

    • Retrieval tasks and goals

      • Clustering and classification

  • Information systems applications

    • Data mining

      • Clustering

• Software and its engineering

  • Software creation and management

    • Software post-development issues

      • Documentation

      • Software reverse engineering