I. Ibrahimi, L. Berardinelli, Y. Zorgios: Model Discovery and Reuse by Knowledge Graphs for Low-Code Development Platforms: The zAppDev Case Study, Journal SoSym Journal, Springer, August 2023. pdf
Low-code Development Platforms (LCDPs) are tools that facilitate the rapid development of full-stack applications using models as their primary building blocks. However, there is limited support for discovering and reusing models in LCDPs, leading to unnecessary repetition of work. There is a high demand for tools that can automatically discover and recommend relevant models and model fragments to address this issue.
This paper presents an extended version of a discovery and recommendation approach for LCPD using a model repository based on knowledge graphs. It expands the recommendation scope based on class name similarities by including attribute similarities. Accordingly, we propose an extended case study on reusing zAppDev models, emphasizing the emerging need for a model reuse approach.