Web Application Slicing
Abstract
Program slicing revealed a useful way to limit the search of software
defects during debugging and to better understand the decomposition of the
application into computations. We propose to extend the extraction of
slices to Web applications, in order to produce a reduced Web application
which behaves as the original one with respect to some criterion, i.e.,
some displayed information of interest.
After presenting the theoretical implications of applying slicing to Web
applications, we will demonstrate its usefulness with reference to an
example, derived from a survey of a set of travel agency sites. Web
application slicing helps disclosing relevant information and understanding
the internal system structure.
Postscript version of the paper.