from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Domain Analysis
<systems analysis> 1. Determining the operations, data
objects, properties and {abstractions} appropriate for
designing solutions to problems in a given {domain}.
2. The {domain engineering} activity in which domain knowledge
is studied and formalised as a domain definition and a domain
specification. A {software reuse} approach that involves
combining software components, subsystems, etc., into a single
application system.
3. The process of identifying, collecting organising,
analysing and representing a {domain model} and software
architecture from the study of existing systems, underlying
theory, emerging technology and development histories within
the domain of interest.
4. The analysis of systems within a domain to discover
commonalities and differences among them.
(1997-12-26)