Using DEMO to Objectify Metamodel Evolution

Nuno Silva, José Tribolet, Miguel Mira da Silva, Carlos Mendes

2015

Abstract

A metamodel is an important aspect of defining a modeling language. It specifies the language’s syntax through a set of constructs as well as how the language models are ought to be composed. Modeling languages, and thus their metamodels, are subject of constant evolution due to changing language requirements as consequence of business changes. Therefore, perceiving the essential aspects responsible for altering the structure of metamodels when a change requirement arises can become an issue. The Enterprise Ontology theory and its methodology (DEMO) provide ontological knowledge about organizations resulting in organizational self-awareness. Applying this methodology to the context of metamodeling can be a starting point for uncovering the essential aspects, i.e., the ontological knowledge regarding metamodel evolution. For that purpose, we modeled two diagrams using the DEMO methodology. The input for both diagrams was a set of coupled operations defined in Herrmannsdörfer’s evolutionary metamodeling research. In the end we stated the main conclusions of our work and themes for future work.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Silva N., Tribolet J., Mira da Silva M. and Mendes C. (2015). Using DEMO to Objectify Metamodel Evolution . In Proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 2: SSEO, (IC3K 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-158-8, pages 493-500. DOI: 10.5220/0005622404930500

in Bibtex Style

@conference{sseo15,
author={Nuno Silva and José Tribolet and Miguel Mira da Silva and Carlos Mendes},
title={Using DEMO to Objectify Metamodel Evolution},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 2: SSEO, (IC3K 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={493-500},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005622404930500},
isbn={978-989-758-158-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 2: SSEO, (IC3K 2015)
TI - Using DEMO to Objectify Metamodel Evolution
SN - 978-989-758-158-8
AU - Silva N.
AU - Tribolet J.
AU - Mira da Silva M.
AU - Mendes C.
PY - 2015
SP - 493
EP - 500
DO - 10.5220/0005622404930500