Abstract: Domain analysis is an important work in modern software analysis field used on reusability.Study on the evolution of domain analysis assists the decomposability and anticipation of software analysis and software development patterns,thereby aiding to forecast the perspective of future software development.This paper retrieved the emergence and transition history of domain analysis,and tried to find laws of evolution of domain analysis.By the way of comparison of domain analysis in different periods,we pointed out the aims and characteristics of domain analysis during each time.And a new conception and perspective of domain analysis were given in the conclusion of this article.

Key words: Domain engineering,Components development,Requirement analysis