Towards A Semi-Automatic Transformation Process in MDA: Architecture, Methodology and First Experiments

  • Authors:
  • Slimane Hammoudi;Wajih Alouini;Denivaldo Lopes;Marianne Huchard

  • Affiliations:
  • ESEO, Ecole Supérieure de l'Ouest Angers, France;FST, Faculté des Sciences de Tunis, Tunisia;Federal University of Maranhão, São Luis, Brazil;Université de Montpellier II, France

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

Model Driven Engineering MDE has been proposed for supporting the development, maintenance and evolution of software systems. Model Driven Architecture MDA, Software Factories, and the Eclipse Modeling Framework EMF are representative MDE approaches. These MDE approaches have concepts and techniques in common such as modeling, metamodels, and model transformation. Today, it is well recognized that model transformation is the most important of MDE approaches and is one of the most important operations in MDE. Despite the multitude of model transformation language proposals emerging from university and industry, these transformations are often created manually, which is a tedious and error-prone task and therefore an expensive process. In this paper, the authors propose an extended architecture that aims to semi-automate the process of transformation in the context of MDA. This architecture involves concepts and techniques of metamodel matching, inspired and borrowed from schema matching techniques that are an important issue in the database and ontology domain. This architecture is enforced by a methodology which details the different steps leading to a semi-automatic transformation process. Matching foundations and the authors' approach for metamodel matching are discussed.