TRACE TRANSFORMATION REUSE TO GUIDE CO-EVOLUTION OF MODELS

Bastien Amar, Hervé Leblanc, Bernard Coulette, Phillipe Dhaussy

2010

Abstract

With the advent of languages and tools dedicated to model-driven engineering (e.g., ATL, Kermeta, EMF), as well as reference metamodels (MOF, Ecore), model-driven development processes can be used more easily. These processes are based on a large range of closely inter-related models and transformation covering the whole software devolopment lifecycle. When a model is transformed, designers must re-implement the transformation choices for all the related models, which raises some inconsistency problems. To prevent this, we proposed trace transformation reuse to guide co-evolution of models. The contribution of this paper is a conceptual framework where repercussion transformation can be easily deployed. The maturity of a software engineering technology should be evaluated by the use of traceability practices.aceability practices.

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Amar B., Leblanc H., Coulette B. and Dhaussy P. (2010). TRACE TRANSFORMATION REUSE TO GUIDE CO-EVOLUTION OF MODELS . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT, ISBN 978-989-8425-23-2, pages 73-81. DOI: 10.5220/0003009200730081


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@conference{icsoft10,
author={Bastien Amar and Hervé Leblanc and Bernard Coulette and Phillipe Dhaussy},
title={TRACE TRANSFORMATION REUSE TO GUIDE CO-EVOLUTION OF MODELS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT,},
year={2010},
pages={73-81},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003009200730081},
isbn={978-989-8425-23-2},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 2: ICSOFT,
TI - TRACE TRANSFORMATION REUSE TO GUIDE CO-EVOLUTION OF MODELS
SN - 978-989-8425-23-2
AU - Amar B.
AU - Leblanc H.
AU - Coulette B.
AU - Dhaussy P.
PY - 2010
SP - 73
EP - 81
DO - 10.5220/0003009200730081