A reliable DNA extraction method for use on extra virgin olive oil based on a commercial kit was defined, and the possibility of using this DNA for fingerprinting the original cultivar was demonstrated. The genetic traceability of single-cultivar virgin olive oil from two cultivars (Carolea and Frantoio) was achieved by identifying the varieties from which they were produced. This involved the ...

In MDE diverse modeling and model transformation languages are applied to describe and derive the envisioned system. Traceability is a prerequisite for maintaining consistency between different development artifacts. Thereby, the usefulness of traceability links increases with their completeness and correctness. In practice, automatic creation and maintenance of traceability links is required t...

In recent years, traceability systems have been developed as effective tools for improving the transparency of supply chains, thereby guaranteeing the quality and safety of food products. In this study, we proposed a cattle/beef supply chain traceability model and a traceability system based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and the EPCglobal network. First of all, the transfo...

Traceability of requirements through the software development lifecycle (including supporting processes such as risk management and change management) is a difficult and expensive task. The implementation of effective traceability allows organizations to leverage its many advantages, such as impact analysis, product verification and validation, and facilitation of code maintenance. Traceability...

Traceability data provides the knowledge on dependencies and logical relations existing amongst artefacts that are created during software development. In reasoning over traceability data, conclusions can be drawn to increase the quality of software. The paradigm of Model-driven Software Engineering (MDSD) promotes the generation of software out of models. The latter are specified through diffe...

The Stinson-Wei traceability scheme (known as traceability scheme) was proposed for broadcast encryption as a generalization of the Chor-Fiat-Naor traceability scheme (known as traceability code). Cover-free family was introduced by Kautz and Singleton in the context of binary superimposed code. In this paper, we find a new relationship between a traceability scheme and a cover-free family, whi...

The literature lists many benefits of requirements traceability and standards suggest that it should be practiced. However, available literature concentrates on industries developing complex and large systems with several thousands of requirements. Thus, the companies developing systems with only approximately a hundred requirements face the challenge to define what traceability information to ...

Negotiations are underway for a new treaty the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity areas beyond national jurisdiction under United Nations Convention on Law Sea. Points contention in negotiation concern marine genetic resources questions monetary and/or non-monetary benefit sharing arising from their use. Tracing origin used scientific research, development commercialization may of...

Requirements traceability is central to the issue of requirements management, which is essential for producing quality software. Our focus on requirements traceability addresses aspects related to software development and evolution. Our survey deals both with technical and managerial aspects and aims at contextualizing requirements traceability as well as providing basic reference on the subjec...