Semantics of programming languages: structures and techniques
Semantics of programming languages: structures and techniques
Design Patterns: Abstraction and Reuse of Object-Oriented Design
ECOOP '93 Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Object-Oriented Programming
A Component-Based Methodology for Embedded System Prototyping
RSP '03 Proceedings of the 14th IEEE International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP'03)
Templatable metamodels for semantic variation points
ECMDA-FA'07 Proceedings of the 3rd European conference on Model driven architecture-foundations and applications
Improving the definition of UML
MoDELS'06 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
An MDA approach towards integrating formal and informal modeling languages
FM'05 Proceedings of the 2005 international conference on Formal Methods
Constraining Type Parameters of UML 2 Templates with Substitutable Classifiers
MODELS '09 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
Variability within Modeling Language Definitions
MODELS '09 Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
Leveraging patterns on domain models to improve UML profile definition
FASE'08/ETAPS'08 Proceedings of the Theory and practice of software, 11th international conference on Fundamental approaches to software engineering
A systematic review on the definition of UML profiles
MODELS'10 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Model driven engineering languages and systems: Part I
FOCS'10 Proceedings of the 16th Monterey conference on Foundations of computer software: modeling, development, and verification of adaptive systems
UML formal semantics: lessons learned
Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM)
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The objective of the ongoing OMG standard about a foundational UML subset semantics (fUML) is twofold: providing operational semantics for a UML subset, and ease unambiguous and automatic model exploitations. Its impact could however be limited if usual UML profiling practices do not evolve. Profiles are the traditional way to specialize UML semantics and handle semantic variation points. However, they are usually defined in a way that only informally addresses the semantic issue, potentially limiting the benefits that fUML could bring in UML based methodologies. UML profiling practices must evolve: we propose to explicitly encapsulate operational semantics into stereotype operations, and provide a way to intuitively handle semantic variation points through template parameters. We illustrate the usage of these mechanisms and demonstrate their potential benefits. We also show that no UML metamodel modifications are required to support them, so that their implementation in L3-compliant UML tools is straightforward.