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Towards a uniform version model for software configuration management

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Software Configuration Management (SCM 1997)

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A rich variety of version models for software configuration management (SCM) has been proposed over the years, and understanding of the basic concepts and their interrelations has been growing accordingly. In this paper, we propose a uniform version model as a common base, and discuss this in view of current SCM systems.

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  1. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), N-7034, Trondheim, Norway

    Reidar Conradi

  2. Lehrstuhl für Informatik III, RWTH Aachen, Ahornstrasse 55, D-52074, Aachen

    Bernhard Westfechtel

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Conradi, R., Westfechtel, B. (1997). Towards a uniform version model for software configuration management. In: Conradi, R. (eds) Software Configuration Management. SCM 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1235. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-63014-7_1

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