Example-driven meta-model development

López Fernández, Jesús J.; Sánchez Cuadrado, Jesús; Guerra, Esther; de Lara, Jesús

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Example-driven meta-model development

dc.contributor.author	López Fernández, Jesús J.
dc.contributor.author	Sánchez Cuadrado, Jesús
dc.contributor.author	Guerra, Esther
dc.contributor.author	de Lara, Jesús
dc.contributor.department	Informática y Sistemas
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-29T19:46:53Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-29T19:46:53Z
dc.date.copyright	© 2013, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
dc.date.issued	2015
dc.description.abstract	The intensive use of models in model-driven engineering (MDE) raises the need to develop meta-models with different aims, such as the construction of textual and visual modelling languages and the specification of source and target ends of model-to-model transformations. While domain experts have the knowledge about the concepts of the domain, they usually lack the skills to build meta-models. Moreover, meta-models typically need to be tailored according to their future usage and specific implementation platform, which demands knowledge available only to engineers with great expertise in specific MDE platforms. These issues hinder a wider adoption of MDE both by domain experts and software engineers. In order to alleviate this situation, we propose an interactive, iterative approach to meta-model construction, enabling the specification of example model fragments by domain experts, with the possibility of using informal drawing tools like Dia or yED. These fragments can be annotated with hints about the intention or needs for certain elements. A meta-model is then automatically induced, which can be refactored in an interactive way, and then compiled into an implementation meta-model using profiles and patterns for different platforms and purposes. Our approach includes the use of a virtual assistant, which provides suggestions for improving the meta-model based on well-known refactorings, and a validation mode, enabling the validation of the meta-model by means of examples.	es
dc.format	application/pdf	es
dc.format.extent	25	es
dc.identifier.citation	Software and Systems Modeling, Volume 14, pages 1323–1347, (2015)
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-013-0392-y
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10201/138036
dc.language	eng	es
dc.publisher	Springer	es
dc.relation	MINECO, proyecto “Go Lite” (TIN2011-24139)	es
dc.rights.accessRights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	Meta-modeling	es
dc.subject	Interactive meta-modeling	es
dc.subject	Domain-specific modeling languages	es
dc.title	Example-driven meta-model development	es
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article	es
dc.type.version	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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