Toward IFVM Virtual Machine: A Model Driven IFML Interpretation

Sara Gotti, Samir Mbarki

2016

Abstract

UML is the first international modeling language standardized since 1997. It aims at providing a standard way to visualize the design of a system, but it can't model the complex design of user interfaces and interactions. However, according to MDA approach, it is necessary to apply the concept of abstract models to user interfaces too. IFML is the OMG adopted (in March 2013) standard Interaction Flow Modeling Language designed for abstractly expressing the content, user interaction and control behaviour of the software applications front-end. IFML is a platform independent language, it has been designed with an executable semantic and it can be mapped easily into executable applications for various platforms and devices. In this article we present an approach to execute the IFML. We introduce a IFVM virtual machine which translate the IFML models into bytecode that will be interpreted by the java virtual machine.

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in Harvard Style

Gotti S. and Mbarki S. (2016). Toward IFVM Virtual Machine: A Model Driven IFML Interpretation . In Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2016) ISBN 978-989-758-194-6, pages 220-225. DOI: 10.5220/0005986102200225


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@conference{icsoft-ea16,
author={Sara Gotti and Samir Mbarki},
title={Toward IFVM Virtual Machine: A Model Driven IFML Interpretation},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2016)},
year={2016},
pages={220-225},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005986102200225},
isbn={978-989-758-194-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Software Technologies - Volume 1: ICSOFT-EA, (ICSOFT 2016)
TI - Toward IFVM Virtual Machine: A Model Driven IFML Interpretation
SN - 978-989-758-194-6
AU - Gotti S.
AU - Mbarki S.
PY - 2016
SP - 220
EP - 225
DO - 10.5220/0005986102200225