DSMDiff: a differentiation tool for domain-specific models

Model differentiation techniques, which provide the capability to identify mappings and differences between models, are essential to many model development and management practices. There has been initial research toward model differentiation applied to Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams, but...

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Published in:European journal of information systems 2007-08, Vol.16 (4), p.349-361
Main Authors: Lin, Yuehua, Gray, Jeff, Jouault, Frédéric
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Business and Management
Business Information Systems
Computer based modeling
Computer Science
domain-specific modeling
Graphs
Information Systems and Communication Service
Innovation/Technology Management
Language
Mathematical models
model comparison
model-driven engineering
Operations Research/Decision Theory
Programming languages
Semantics
Software
Software Engineering
Special Section Article
Studies
Syntax
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Summary:Model differentiation techniques, which provide the capability to identify mappings and differences between models, are essential to many model development and management practices. There has been initial research toward model differentiation applied to Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams, but differentiation of domain-specific models has not been explored deeply in the modeling community. Traditional modeling practice using the UML relies on a single fixed general-purpose language (i.e., all UML diagrams conform to a single metamodel). In contrast, Domain-Specific Modeling (DSM) is an emerging model-driven paradigm in which multiple metamodels are used to define various modeling languages that represent the key concepts and abstractions for particular domains. Therefore, domain-specific models may conform to various metamodels, which requires model differentiation algorithms be metamodel-independent and able to apply to multiple domain-specific modeling languages. This paper presents metamodel-independent algorithms and associated tools for detecting mappings and differences between domain-specific models, with facilities for graphical visualization of the detected differences.
ISSN:0960-085X
1476-9344
0960-085X
DOI:10.1057/palgrave.ejis.3000685