Summary and Future Work <-- ^

Multi-Stakeholder Distributed Systems

No such thing as global Requirements
Validation ==> does it meet my requirements now?
Basic Problem: lack of knowledge

Proposed Solution: OpenModel

Each component/feature provides an executable specification model via XML/HTTP
Tool retrieves relevant models and assists user in validation
Pilot study in email domain hints at need and feasibility

Lots of Future Work

Settle on modeling language, define DTD for XML representation
Establish shared (i.e. de facto standard) theories/ontologies for domains
Figure out how to package into a highly usable help/QA/RE tool (per domain?)
Implement prototypes
Push as standard