An Implementation Approach to Achieve Metamodel Independence in Domain Specific Model Manipulation Languages

Jerónimo Irazábal, Gabriela Pérez, Claudia Pons, Roxana Giandini

2012

Abstract

Model Driven Engineering proposes a software development process in which the key notions are models that allow engineers to precisely capture relevant aspects of a system from a given perspective and at an appropriate level of abstraction. Then, models are manipulated with the goal of enabling the automated development of a system from its corresponding models. Unlike general-purpose modeling languages, domain-specific modeling languages can simplify the development of complex software systems by providing domain-specific abstractions for modeling the system and its transformations in a precise but simple and concise way. In this work we elaborate on the notion of domain specific model manipulation language, that is to say a model manipulation language tailored to a specific domain. In contrast to well-known model manipulation languages, such as EOL or ATL, the language syntax and semantics are directly related to a specific domain and/or kind of manipulation, making manipulation easier to write and understand. We present an implementation approach achieving complete platform-independence. We illustrate the proposal through a practical example.

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Irazábal J., Pérez G., Pons C. and Giandini R. (2012). An Implementation Approach to Achieve Metamodel Independence in Domain Specific Model Manipulation Languages . In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends - Volume 1: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-8565-19-8, pages 62-69. DOI: 10.5220/0004082800620069


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@conference{icsoft12,
author={Jerónimo Irazábal and Gabriela Pérez and Claudia Pons and Roxana Giandini},
title={An Implementation Approach to Achieve Metamodel Independence in Domain Specific Model Manipulation Languages},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends - Volume 1: ICSOFT,},
year={2012},
pages={62-69},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004082800620069},
isbn={978-989-8565-19-8},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Software Paradigm Trends - Volume 1: ICSOFT,
TI - An Implementation Approach to Achieve Metamodel Independence in Domain Specific Model Manipulation Languages
SN - 978-989-8565-19-8
AU - Irazábal J.
AU - Pérez G.
AU - Pons C.
AU - Giandini R.
PY - 2012
SP - 62
EP - 69
DO - 10.5220/0004082800620069