Pictoweb: A tool for complex model exploration

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Abstract

Exploring and visualising a complex model in a single view can be challenging as it can require a considerable amount of computational resources and make the model difficult to comprehend due to information overload. Picto Web is a tool designed for complex model exploration. Using the Epsilon Generation Language for model-to-text transformation, it can transform domain-specific models into multiple transient web-based views in different formats, such as HTML, Graphviz, and PlantUML. Picto Web uses lazy and incremental model-to-text transformation to (re)generate views efficiently. Moreover, it supports push notifications to clients when views are updated and is packaged as a Docker container for ease of use.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - ACM/IEEE 25th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2022
Subtitle of host publicationCompanion Proceedings
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages56-60
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781450394673
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Oct 2022
Event25th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2022 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 23 Oct 202228 Oct 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings - ACM/IEEE 25th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2022: Companion Proceedings

Conference

Conference25th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2022
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period23/10/2228/10/22

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
The work in this paper has been funded through the HICLASS InnovateUK project (contract no. 113213).

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 ACM.

Keywords

  • complex models
  • Model exploration
  • Picto
  • Visualisation
  • Web

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