WebDPF: A Web-based Metamodelling and Model Transformation Environment

Fazle Rabbi, Yngve Lamo, Ingrid Chieh Yu, Lars Michael Kristensen

2016

Abstract

Metamodelling and model transformation play important roles in model-driven engineering as they can be used to define domain-specific modelling languages. During the modelling phase, modellers encode domain knowledge into models which may include both structural and behavioral aspects of a system. The contribution of this paper is a new web-based metamodelling and model transformation tool called WebDPF based on the Diagram Predicate Framework (DPF). WebDPF supports multilevel diagrammatic metamodelling and specification of model constraints, and it supports diagrammatic development and analysis of model transformation systems. We show how the support for model transformation systems in WebDPF can be exploited to (i) support auto-completion of partial models thereby enhancing modelling efficiency, and (ii) provide execution semantics for workflow models. Furthermore, we illustrate how WebDPF incorporates a scalable model navigation facility designed to enable users to inspect and query large models.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Rabbi F., Lamo Y., Yu I. and Kristensen L. (2016). WebDPF: A Web-based Metamodelling and Model Transformation Environment . In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD, ISBN 978-989-758-168-7, pages 87-98. DOI: 10.5220/0005686900870098

in Bibtex Style

@conference{modelsward16,
author={Fazle Rabbi and Yngve Lamo and Ingrid Chieh Yu and Lars Michael Kristensen},
title={WebDPF: A Web-based Metamodelling and Model Transformation Environment},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,},
year={2016},
pages={87-98},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005686900870098},
isbn={978-989-758-168-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development - Volume 1: MODELSWARD,
TI - WebDPF: A Web-based Metamodelling and Model Transformation Environment
SN - 978-989-758-168-7
AU - Rabbi F.
AU - Lamo Y.
AU - Yu I.
AU - Kristensen L.
PY - 2016
SP - 87
EP - 98
DO - 10.5220/0005686900870098