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A Domain-Independent Ontology for Non-Functional Requirements

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A Domain-Independent Ontology for Non-Functional Requirements. / Dobson, Glen; Hall, Stephen; Kotonya, Gerald.
ICEBE '07: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering. Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society, 2007. p. 563-566.

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Dobson, G, Hall, S & Kotonya, G 2007, A Domain-Independent Ontology for Non-Functional Requirements. in ICEBE '07: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering. IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, USA, pp. 563-566. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEBE.2007.5

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Dobson, G., Hall, S., & Kotonya, G. (2007). A Domain-Independent Ontology for Non-Functional Requirements. In ICEBE '07: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering (pp. 563-566). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEBE.2007.5

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Dobson G, Hall S, Kotonya G. A Domain-Independent Ontology for Non-Functional Requirements. In ICEBE '07: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering. Washington, DC, USA: IEEE Computer Society. 2007. p. 563-566 doi: 10.1109/ICEBE.2007.5

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Dobson, Glen ; Hall, Stephen ; Kotonya, Gerald. / A Domain-Independent Ontology for Non-Functional Requirements. ICEBE '07: Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on e-Business Engineering. Washington, DC, USA : IEEE Computer Society, 2007. pp. 563-566

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