Meta Trace

So far we have been discussing trace analysis patterns related to execution of a particular software version. However, software code changes and also its tracing and logging output: from large scale changes where components are replaced to small scale code refactoring affecting message structure and format. On a software narratological level this corresponds to a narrative about a software trace or log, its evolution. Such an analysis pattern is different from Master Trace (Volume 6, page 247) pattern where the latter is similar to what Metanarrative⁶⁸ is usually meant in narratology: a master or grand idea: an expected trace if all functional requirements were correctly identified and implemented during software construction and non-functional ones are met during software execution.

⁶⁸ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metanarrative