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1	Towards a Taxonomy of Aspect-Oriented Programming. Hankerson, Mario Bernard 13 December 2003 (has links) (PDF) As programs continue to increase in size, it has become increasingly difficult to separate concerns into well localized modules, which leads to code tangling- crosscutting code spread throughout several modules. Thus, Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) offers a solution to creating modules with little or no crosscutting concerns. AOP presents the notion of aspects, and demonstrates how crosscutting concerns can be taken out of modules and placed into a centralized location. In this paper, a taxonomy of aspect-oriented programming, as well as a basic overview and introduction of AOP, will be presented in order to assist future researchers in getting started on additional research on the topic. To form the taxonomy, over four-hundred research articles were organized into fifteen different primary categories coupled with sub-categories, which shows where some of the past research has been focused. In addition, trends of the research were evaluated and paths for future exploration are suggested. Join Points Crosscutting Concerns Separation of Concerns Taxonomy Weaving Object-Oriented Programming Concerns Components OOP Post-Object Programming POP Aspect-Oriented Programming Aspects AOP Computer Sciences Physical Sciences and Mathematics