Model or Mould? A Challenge for Better Traceability

  • Authors:
  • S. J. Morris;O. C. Z. Gotel

  • Affiliations:
  • City University, UK;Pace University, USA

  • Venue:
  • MISE '07 Proceedings of the International Workshop on Modeling in Software Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

This paper examines the notion of the model as it may be used in software engineering via the definition of a series of progressively more complex relationships between the modeller, the model and what is modelled. A gradual historical development is identified where the purpose of the model changes from its representation of a pre-existing subject to its action as a precedent and a definition for some subsequent artifact that is its object. The notion of a composite model type, or mould, combining both purposes is made explicit. Its implications for traceability in multi-model processes are being investigated.