A Cottage industry of software publishing: Implications for theories of composition

This note explores the use of UNITY-based theories to facilitate a cottage industry of software publishing. The requirements for such an industry are discussed, the appropriateness of UNITY specification and compositional theories for these requirements are analyzed, and further research opportunities in this area are identified. This work is based on joint work with Beverly Sanders, and the ideas discussed here have been explored jointly with Paul Sivilotti and Joseph Kiniry.