A Domain-specific Language for Modeling Method Definition: from Requirements to Grammar

Niksa Visic, Hans-Georg Fill, Robert Andrei Buchmann, Dimitris Karagiannis

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Abstract

The core process a modeling method engineer needs to accomplish starts with the acquisition of domain knowledge and requirements, and ends with the deployment of a usable modeling tool. In between, a key intermediate deliverable of this process is the modeling method specification which, ideally, should be platform independent. On one hand, it takes input from a structured understanding of the application domain and scenarios; on the other hand, it provides sufficiently structured input to support the implementation of tool support for modeling activities. It is quite common that such modeling methods are domain-specific, in the sense that they provide concepts from the domain as “first-class modeling citizens”. However, for the purposes of this paper, we raise the level of abstraction for “domain specificity” and consider “modeling method engineering” as the application domain. Consequently, we raise several research questions - whether a domain-specific language can support this domain, and what would be its requirements, properties, constructs and grammar. We propose an initial draft of such a language - one that abstracts away from meta-modeling platforms by establishing a meta 2 layer of abstraction where a modeling method can be defined in a declarative manner, then the final modeling tool is generated by automated compilation of the method definition for the meta-modeling environment of choice.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE RCIS 2015 - 9th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, Proceedings
EditorsColette Rolland, Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos, Pericles Loucopoulos, Cesar Gonzales-Perez
Place of PublicationPiscataway, NJ
PublisherIEEE
Pages286-297
Number of pages12
EditionJune
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-4673-6630-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 19 Jun 2015
Event9th IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science - Athen, Greece
Duration: 13 May 201515 May 2015

Conference

Conference9th IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science
Abbreviated titleRCIS 2015
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthen
Period13/05/1515/05/15

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

  • 102022 Software development
  • 102028 Knowledge engineering
  • 502050 Business informatics

Keywords

  • domain-specific language
  • meta-modeling
  • modeling method
  • modeling tool

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