A FORMAL LANGUAGE FOR MODEL TRANSFORMATION SPECIFICATION

Dan Song, Keqing He, Peng Liang, Wudong Liu

2005

Abstract

Model transformation and its automation have been the core and major challenge of MDA; consequently OMG issued a QVT RFP to standardize its process. Though many approaches have been proposed, their efficiency cannot be validated and their application scope is still limited. The task of providing a reliable solution to model transformation is critical. This paper proposes a formal language for model transformation specification to achieve automatic implementation. The foundation of our work is explained and some basic elements of the language are defined. A concrete transformation example from UML 1.4 models to UML 2.0 models is presented using the formalism.

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in Harvard Style

Song D., He K., Liang P. and Liu W. (2005). A FORMAL LANGUAGE FOR MODEL TRANSFORMATION SPECIFICATION . In Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 972-8865-19-8, pages 429-433. DOI: 10.5220/0002546104290433


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis05,
author={Dan Song and Keqing He and Peng Liang and Wudong Liu},
title={A FORMAL LANGUAGE FOR MODEL TRANSFORMATION SPECIFICATION},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2005},
pages={429-433},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002546104290433},
isbn={972-8865-19-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - A FORMAL LANGUAGE FOR MODEL TRANSFORMATION SPECIFICATION
SN - 972-8865-19-8
AU - Song D.
AU - He K.
AU - Liang P.
AU - Liu W.
PY - 2005
SP - 429
EP - 433
DO - 10.5220/0002546104290433