A Methodology and Framework for Creating Domain-Specific Development Infrastructures

  • Authors:

  • G. Edwards;N. Medvidovic

  • Affiliations:

  • Comput. Sci. Dept., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA;Comput. Sci. Dept., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA

  • Venue:
  • ASE '08 Proceedings of the 2008 23rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Domain-specific architectures, middleware platforms, and analysis techniques leverage domain knowledge to help engineers build systems more effectively. An integrated set of these elements is called a domain-specific development infrastructure (DSDI). DSDIs are commonly created in a costly, ad-hoc fashion because current model-driven engineering (MDE) technologies lack sufficient mechanisms for capturing the semantics of domain concepts. In this paper, we propose a methodology for incorporating semantics within MDE frameworks to simplify and automate DSDI integration. We also present and evaluate a framework, called XTEAM, that implements our approach, resulting in structured processes and enforceable guidelines for DSDI integration. We have applied our approach to several DSDIs, and report on the benefits accrued.