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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | IEEE RCIS 2015 - 9th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, Proceedings |
Editors | Colette Rolland, Dimosthenis Anagnostopoulos, Pericles Loucopoulos, Cesar Gonzales-Perez |
Place of Publication | Piscataway, NJ |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 286-297 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Edition | June |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4673-6630-4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 19 Jun 2015 |
Event | 9th IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science - Athen, Greece Duration: 13 May 2015 → 15 May 2015 |
Conference
Conference | 9th IEEE International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science |
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Abbreviated title | RCIS 2015 |
Country/Territory | Greece |
City | Athen |
Period | 13/05/15 → 15/05/15 |
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 102022 Software development
- 102028 Knowledge engineering
- 502050 Business informatics
Keywords
- domain-specific language
- meta-modeling
- modeling method
- modeling tool