MADL: Meta Architecture Description Language

Authors:
Adel Smeda;Mourad Oussalah;Tahar Khammaci
Affiliations:
LINA, University of Nantes;LINA, University of Nantes;LINA, University of Nantes
Venue:
SERA '05 Proceedings of the Third ACIS Int'l Conference on Software Engineering Research, Management and Applications
Year:
2005

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Abstract

As the concept of meta-classes was introduced in order to permit the manipulation of classes, we introduce the concept of meta-components, meta-connectors, and metaarchitectures to permit the manipulation and the redefinition of architectural elements (structural and behavioral). In this article we present a meta-metaarchitecture called MADL (Meta Architecture Description Language) to abstract the notions of architectures (components, connectors, architectures), hence to facilitate their manipulation, reuse, and evolution; and also to ease (hence encourage) the transformation and comparison among ADLs.