An Attribute-based Approach to the Analysis of Model Characteristics

Christian Saad, Florian Lautenbacher, Bernhard Bauer

2009

Abstract

Modeling languages provide a powerful technique for describing domain specific concepts and their relationships. Since the syntactical structure is determined by a meta-model, expressions can be defined on the meta layer and evaluated for arbitrary instances. Currently, meta-modeling standards lack an easy way for defining rules capable of dynamically examining the behavior of a model. In this paper we discuss a new approach that links meta-modeling with wellunderstood methods from the field of compiler construction in order to express semantic constraints and perform data-flow calculations on model instances. We show how our approach can be used to analyze and validate business processes and specify further use cases like e.g. the calculation of model metrics.

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Saad C., Lautenbacher F. and Bauer B. (2009). An Attribute-based Approach to the Analysis of Model Characteristics . In Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Future Trends of Model-Driven Development - Volume 1: FTMDD, (ICEIS 2009) ISBN 978-989-8111-95-1, pages 13-22. DOI: 10.5220/0002196200130022


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@conference{ftmdd09,
author={Christian Saad and Florian Lautenbacher and Bernhard Bauer},
title={An Attribute-based Approach to the Analysis of Model Characteristics},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Future Trends of Model-Driven Development - Volume 1: FTMDD, (ICEIS 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={13-22},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002196200130022},
isbn={978-989-8111-95-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Future Trends of Model-Driven Development - Volume 1: FTMDD, (ICEIS 2009)
TI - An Attribute-based Approach to the Analysis of Model Characteristics
SN - 978-989-8111-95-1
AU - Saad C.
AU - Lautenbacher F.
AU - Bauer B.
PY - 2009
SP - 13
EP - 22
DO - 10.5220/0002196200130022