Engineering model transformations with transML

Esther Guerra; Juan de Lara; Dimitrios Kolovos; Richard Paige; Osmar dos Santos

doi:10.1007/s10270-011-0211-2

Engineering model transformations with transML

Esther Guerra, Juan de Lara, Dimitrios Kolovos, Richard Paige, Osmar dos Santos

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Model transformation is one of the pillars of model-driven engineering (MDE). The increasing complexity of systems and modelling languages has dramatically raised the complexity and size of model transformations as well. Even though many transformation languages and tools have been proposed in the last few years, most of them are directed to the implementation phase of transformation development. In this way, even though transformations should be built using sound engineering principles just like any other kind of software there is currently a lack of cohesive support for the other phases of the transformation development, like requirements, analysis, design and testing. In this paper, we propose a unified family of languages to cover the life cycle of transformation development enabling the engineering of transformations. Moreover, following an MDE approach, we provide tools to partially automate the progressive refinement of models between the different phases and the generation of code for several transformation implementation languages.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	555-577
Journal	Software and Systems Modeling
Volume	12
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-011-0211-2
Publication status	Published - Jul 2013

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