Adding Spreadsheets to the MDE Toolkit

Mārtiņš Francis; Dimitris Kolovos; Richard Freeman Paige

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-41533-3_3

Adding Spreadsheets to the MDE Toolkit

Mārtiņš Francis, Dimitris Kolovos, Richard Freeman Paige

Computer Science

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

Spreadsheets are widely used to support software development activities. They have been used to collect requirements and software defects, to capture traceability information between requirements and test cases, and in general, to fill in gaps that are not covered satisfactorily by more specialised tools. Despite their widespread use, spreadsheets have received little attention from researchers in the field of Model Driven Engineering. In this paper, we argue for the usefulness of model management support for querying and modifying spreadsheets, we identify the conceptual gap between contemporary model management languages and spreadsheets, and we propose an approach for bridging it. We present a prototype that builds atop the Epsilon and Google Drive platforms and we evaluate the proposed approach through a case study that involves validating and transforming software requirements captured using spreadsheets.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Model-Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
Subtitle of host publication	16th International Conference, MODELS 2013, Miami, FL, USA, September 29 – October 4, 2013. Proceedings
Publisher	Springer
Pages	35-51
Number of pages	17
Volume	8107 LNCS
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-642-41533-3
ISBN (Print)	978-3-642-41532-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41533-3_3
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS 2013) - Florida, Miami, United States Duration: 29 Sept 2013 → 4 Oct 2013

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	8107
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743

Conference

Conference	ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS 2013)
Country/Territory	United States
City	Miami
Period	29/09/13 → 4/10/13

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Francis, M., Kolovos, D., & Paige, R. F. (2013). Adding Spreadsheets to the MDE Toolkit. In Model-Driven Engineering Languages and Systems: 16th International Conference, MODELS 2013, Miami, FL, USA, September 29 – October 4, 2013. Proceedings (Vol. 8107 LNCS, pp. 35-51). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8107). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41533-3_3

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Francis, M, Kolovos, D & Paige, RF 2013, Adding Spreadsheets to the MDE Toolkit. in Model-Driven Engineering Languages and Systems: 16th International Conference, MODELS 2013, Miami, FL, USA, September 29 – October 4, 2013. Proceedings. vol. 8107 LNCS, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 8107, Springer, pp. 35-51, ACM/IEEE 16th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MoDELS 2013), Miami, United States, 29/09/13. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41533-3_3

Adding Spreadsheets to the MDE Toolkit. / Francis, Mārtiņš; Kolovos, Dimitris ; Paige, Richard Freeman.
Model-Driven Engineering Languages and Systems: 16th International Conference, MODELS 2013, Miami, FL, USA, September 29 – October 4, 2013. Proceedings. Vol. 8107 LNCS Springer, 2013. p. 35-51 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 8107).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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