A Comparison of Model Migration Tools

Louis Rose; Markus Herrmannsdoerfer; James Williams; Dimitrios Kolovos; Kelly Garces; Richard Paige; Fiona Polack; Dorina Petriu; Nicolas Rouquette; Ã¿ystein Haugen

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-16145-2_5

A Comparison of Model Migration Tools

Louis Rose, Markus Herrmannsdoerfer, James Williams, Dimitrios Kolovos, Kelly Garces, Richard Paige, Fiona Polack, Dorina Petriu (Editor), Nicolas Rouquette (Editor), Ã¿ystein Haugen (Editor)

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Modelling languages and thus their metamodels are subject to change. When a metamodel evolves, existing models may no longer conform to the evolved metamodel. To avoid rebuilding them from scratch, existing models must be migrated to conform to the evolved metamodel. Manually migrating existing models is tedious and error-prone. To alleviate this, several tools have been proposed to build a migration strategy that automates the migration of existing models. Little is known about the advantages and disadvantages of the tools in different situations. In this paper, we thus compare a representative sample of migration tools – AML, COPE, Ecore2Ecore and Epsilon Flock – using common migration examples. The criteria used in the comparison aim to support users in selecting the most appropriate tool for their situation.

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Title of host publication	Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
Publisher	Springer
Pages	61-75
Number of pages	15
Volume	6394
Edition	PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16145-2_5
Publication status	Published - 2010

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Rose, L., Herrmannsdoerfer, M., Williams, J., Kolovos, D., Garces, K., Paige, R., Polack, F., Petriu, D. (Ed.), Rouquette, N. (Ed.), & Haugen, Ã. (Ed.) (2010). A Comparison of Model Migration Tools. In Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (PART 1 ed., Vol. 6394, pp. 61-75). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16145-2_5

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