TITLE: 
The Collection-View Model: A Pattern Language for Software Reuse Tools

AUTHORS:
Dr. Colin A. Depradine - primary contact person
Dr. Brian G. Patrick
Dr. Michel de Champlain

E-MAIL:
Dr. Colin A. Depradine - cdepradine@uwichill.edu.bb
Dr. Brian G. Patrick - patrickb@uwichill.edu.bb
Dr. Michel de Champlain - mdec@acm.org

ADDRESS:
Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Physics, 
University of the West Indies, 
Cave Hill Campus, 
P.O. Box 64,
Bridgetown, 
BARBADOS 

PHONE:
(246)-417-4375
or
(246)-417-4364

ABSTRACT:
Many programmers continue to depend on the syntax of a programming language and the associated 
documentation of a software component to perform code reuse. For a small number of components, 
this form of code reuse is easy to control. But as the number of components increases, the 
managing and searching of information becomes increasingly difficult and unwieldy. To support 
the activities of gathering, storing, querying and viewing software reuse information, the 
Collection-View Model (CVM) is introduced as a pattern language for the design of code reuse 
systems. These systems are aimed at the traditional users of standard and professional 
Integrated Development Environments (IDEs).