Authors:
Niels Brouwers
;
Marc Hamilton
;
Ivan Kurtev
and
Yaping Luo
Affiliation:
Altran Netherlands B.V., Netherlands
Keyword(s):
Architecture, Model-Driven Engineering, Domain-Specific Languages.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applications and Software Development
;
Domain-Specific Modeling and Domain-Specific Languages
;
Frameworks for Model-Driven Development
;
Languages, Tools and Architectures
;
Methodologies, Processes and Platforms
;
Model-Driven Software Development
;
Reasoning about Models
;
Software Engineering
;
Software Factories and Software Product Lines
;
Software Process Modeling, Enactment and Execution
Abstract:
The increasing number of languages used to engineer complex systems causes challenges to the development and maintenance processes of these languages. In this paper, we reflect on our experience in developing real life complex cyber-physical systems by using MDE techniques and DSLs. Firstly, we discuss a number of industrial challenges in the modeling software engineering domain. To address these challenges, we propose the concept of language architecture as an organizational principle for designing, reusing and maintaining DSLs and their infrastructure. Based on this, a metamodel for a DSL is designed and a tool support (LanArchi) is developed. Finally the possible future directions are given.