ACM Computing Classification System

For papers that shall be published by ACM, the authors need to select keywords from the ACM Computing Classification System (CCS) that describe their paper. The new ACM 2017 template requires some XML code and TeX commands with the selected concepts.

To find the right keywords and generate the required Latex code, you can

• open the flat version of the CCS and search for terms that describe our paper (with CTRL-F in your browser) or
• use the hierarchical version of the CCS to start top down.

In either version, you can click on a term and choose the relevance of the term for your paper. The system will then show the required formatting of the terms selected so far. You can either continue selecting terms or let the system display the TeX code to copy into your paper.

For example, for a typical Palladio paper on a Cloud system you might select the following terms. The selected relevance changes the formatting: e.g. bold for highly relevant papers and italics for medium relevant papers.

• Software and its engineering~Software architectures • Software and its engineering~Software performance • Software and its engineering~Cloud computing

\begin{CCSXML}
<ccs2012>
<concept>
<concept_id>10011007.10010940.10010971.10010972</concept_id>
<concept_desc>Software and its engineering~Software architectures</concept_desc>
<concept_significance>500</concept_significance>
</concept>
<concept>
<concept_id>10011007.10010940.10011003.10011002</concept_id>
<concept_desc>Software and its engineering~Software performance</concept_desc>
<concept_significance>500</concept_significance>
</concept>
<concept>
<concept_id>10011007.10010940.10010971.10011120.10003100</concept_id>
<concept_desc>Software and its engineering~Cloud computing</concept_desc>
<concept_significance>300</concept_significance>
</concept>
</ccs2012>
\end{CCSXML}

\ccsdesc[500]{Software and its engineering~Software architectures}
\ccsdesc[500]{Software and its engineering~Software performance}
\ccsdesc[300]{Software and its engineering~Cloud computing}