Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS): The ADOxx Metamodelling Platform

This paper researches the synergies between metamodelling platforms and cloud computing paradigm. In particular, a classification of services that belong to different levels of abstraction, or cloud layers (SaaS, PaaS), is given, using ADOxx ? complex, distributable, scalable and component-based metamodelling platform ? as an example. Furthermore, the feasibility of porting desktop metamodelling platforms to the cloud is explored, including the possible advantages and disadvantages the cloud may provide.