A Novel Approach to Versioning and Merging Model and Code Uniformly

Omar Badreddin, Timothy C. Lethbridge, Andrew Forward

2014

Abstract

Model Driven Architecture (MDA) advocates the use of models, rather than code, as the main development artifact. Yet model versioning and merging tools still lag in capabilities, ease of use and adoption relative to source code versioning and merging tools. This forces many teams to avoid model-based collaboration and concurrent model modifications. In this paper, we highlight the main challenges behind the relatively small adoption of model merging approaches. We present a novel model-based programming technology that addresses many of those challenges. The approach treats code and models uniformly, effectively enabling modelers to version and merge models using existing text-based technologies.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Badreddin O., Lethbridge T. and Forward A. (2014). A Novel Approach to Versioning and Merging Model and Code Uniformly . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD, ISBN 978-989-758-007-9, pages 254-263. DOI: 10.5220/0004699802540263

in Bibtex Style

@conference{modelsward14,
author={Omar Badreddin and Timothy C. Lethbridge and Andrew Forward},
title={A Novel Approach to Versioning and Merging Model and Code Uniformly},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,},
year={2014},
pages={254-263},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004699802540263},
isbn={978-989-758-007-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,
TI - A Novel Approach to Versioning and Merging Model and Code Uniformly
SN - 978-989-758-007-9
AU - Badreddin O.
AU - Lethbridge T.
AU - Forward A.
PY - 2014
SP - 254
EP - 263
DO - 10.5220/0004699802540263