Concepts and experiments in computational reflection
OOPSLA '87 Conference proceedings on Object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications
ECOOP '01 Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming
Abstract State Machines: A Method for High-Level System Design and Analysis
Abstract State Machines: A Method for High-Level System Design and Analysis
Eclipse Modeling Framework
Proceedings of the 2006 ACM symposium on Applied computing
The 2006 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
On the architectural alignment of ATL and QVT
Proceedings of the 2006 ACM symposium on Applied computing
Advanced model transformation language constructs in the VIATRA2 framework
Proceedings of the 2006 ACM symposium on Applied computing
Compiling model transformations to EJB3-specific transformer plugins
Proceedings of the 2006 ACM symposium on Applied computing
Proceedings of the 2006 ACM symposium on Applied computing
The 2006 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
Proceedings of the 2006 ACM symposium on Applied computing
The 2006 ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
Feature-based survey of model transformation approaches
IBM Systems Journal - Model-driven software development
MoDELS'05 Proceedings of the 2005 international conference on Satellite Events at the MoDELS
Practical declarative model transformation with tefkat
MoDELS'05 Proceedings of the 2005 international conference on Satellite Events at the MoDELS
KM3: a DSL for metamodel specification
FMOODS'06 Proceedings of the 8th IFIP WG 6.1 international conference on Formal Methods for Open Object-Based Distributed Systems
A graph-based approach to transform XML documents
FASE'06 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering
Translation of QVT Relations into QVT Operational Mappings
ICMT '08 Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Theory and Practice of Model Transformations
Specification and verification of model transformations using UML-RSDS
IFM'10 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Integrated formal methods
Model-Driven techniques to enhance architectural languages interoperability
FASE'12 Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Fundamental Approaches to Software Engineering
Towards a family of model transformation languages
ICMT'12 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Theory and Practice of Model Transformations
Transformation and validation with SWRL and OWL of ODM-based models
MEDI'12 Proceedings of the 2nd international conference on Model and Data Engineering
Applying MDE to the (semi-)automatic development of model transformations
Information and Software Technology
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Transforming models is a crucial activity in Model Driven Engineering (MDE). With the adoption of the OMG QVT standard for model transformation languages, it is anticipated that the experience in applying model transformations in various domains will increase. However, the QVT standard is just one possible approach for solving model transformation problems. In parallel with the QVT activity, many research groups and companies have been working on their own model transformation approaches and languages. It is important for software developers to be able to compare and select the most suitable languages and tools for a particular problem. This paper compares several model-to-model transformation languages as a step in the direction of gathering knowledge about the existing model transformation approaches. The focus is on the major language components (sublanguages and their features, execution tools, etc.) and how they are related. The major goal is to motivate the need for language interoperability and to explore options and obstacles for such interoperability. We propose a set of heuristics to reason about the problems that must be addressed when translators between languages have to be developed. These heuristics are applied on several examples. The experience from these examples shows that achieving a large degree of interoperability is difficult since some languages expose incompatible features. We managed to identify, however, cases where the interoperability between languages is feasible and brings certain benefits.