A FRAMEWORK FOR EXECUTING CROSS-MODEL TRANSFORMATIONS BASED ON PLUGGABLE METAMODELS

Geert Delanote, Sven De Labey, Koen Vanderkimpen, Eric Steegmans

2007

Abstract

The design of complex software systems requires developers to use a variety of modeling languages in order to model various system aspects. The heterogeneity of these modeling languages gives rise to new challenges. Design decisions must be communicated across heterogeneous models, thus creating a need for cross-model communication. Furthermore, models must be transformable between different modeling languages, thus creating a need for cross-model transformations. By supporting only a single modeling language and by providing limited interoperability, however, the majority of today’s modeling tools cannot provide cross-model communication nor transformation, as such jeopardizing the consistency of the design as a whole. In this paper, we present the design of a transformation framework, Pluto, which supports cross-model transformations based on pluggable metamodels. We discuss how Pluto eases the realization of concrete metamodels by offering abstract modeling constructs, and we show how it is able to execute transformations between concrete instances of such metamodels.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Delanote G., De Labey S., Vanderkimpen K. and Steegmans E. (2007). A FRAMEWORK FOR EXECUTING CROSS-MODEL TRANSFORMATIONS BASED ON PLUGGABLE METAMODELS . In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: MUSE, (ICSOFT 2007) ISBN 978-989-8111-05-0, pages 315-325. DOI: 10.5220/0001348803150325

in Bibtex Style

@conference{muse07,
author={Geert Delanote and Sven De Labey and Koen Vanderkimpen and Eric Steegmans},
title={A FRAMEWORK FOR EXECUTING CROSS-MODEL TRANSFORMATIONS BASED ON PLUGGABLE METAMODELS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: MUSE, (ICSOFT 2007)},
year={2007},
pages={315-325},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0001348803150325},
isbn={978-989-8111-05-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Software and Data Technologies - Volume 1: MUSE, (ICSOFT 2007)
TI - A FRAMEWORK FOR EXECUTING CROSS-MODEL TRANSFORMATIONS BASED ON PLUGGABLE METAMODELS
SN - 978-989-8111-05-0
AU - Delanote G.
AU - De Labey S.
AU - Vanderkimpen K.
AU - Steegmans E.
PY - 2007
SP - 315
EP - 325
DO - 10.5220/0001348803150325