Abstract Even though the data processing domain is relatively well‐defined, application‐specific details vary too widely to conceive of totally automating programming and specification support. Conventional tools lack the semantic knowledge to constructively support software development. On the other hand, it is possible to design a prompting and guiding system that can elicit the application details. The limits of automated programming support possible for file and data processing applications were identified by means of a case study of COBOL and PL/I programs. The data gathered from this study facilitated the definition of seventeen widely applicable templates. The resulting template set has immediate value as a manual specification and documentation tool. The templates encourage programmers to make well‐considered design decisions and enforce standardized documentation.

Article Free Access Share on Modeling of problem domains for driving program development systems Authors: J. Ramanathan The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio The Ohio State University, Columbus, OhioView Profile , C. J. Shubra The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio The Ohio State University, Columbus, OhioView Profile Authors Info & Claims POPL '81: Proceedings of the 8th ACM SIGPLAN-SIGACT symposium on Principles of programming languagesJanuary 1981 Pages 28–40https://doi.org/10.1145/567532.567535Online:26 January 1981Publication History 1citation183DownloadsMetricsTotal Citations1Total Downloads183Last 12 Months2Last 6 weeks1 Get Citation AlertsNew Citation Alert added!This alert has been successfully added and will be sent to:You will be notified whenever a record that you have chosen has been cited.To manage your alert preferences, click on the button below.Manage my AlertsNew Citation Alert!Please log in to your account Save to BinderSave to BinderCreate a New BinderNameCancelCreateExport CitationPublisher SiteeReaderPDF