Presentation

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Ubiquitous transformations

The notion of Model transformation is of central importance to Information Technology. A software system may be seen as a set of information transformations. The Unix system itself may be viewed as a framework to use and to build transformation programs from basic transformation languages like grep, sed, awk, perl, etc. A software development process itself may also be considered as a chain of transformation from abstract requirements to executable systems.

Transformation in the model engineering field

It seems then quite natural that each technical space provides basic transformation tools for expressing the correspondances between the various concerned data format. For example the XML document technical spaces provides XSLT to transform XML to XML, to HTMl or to basic text. There is no surprise if transformation has become a central element in model-driven engineering.

Model transformation at OMG

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The OMG has defined a specific standard for model transformation called MOF/QVT or in short QVT. Several model transformation languages like GReAT, VIATRA or ATL are presently available, with different level of compliance with the QVT standard. Model transformation is thus a critical component of MDA.

See also

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Articles

• OMG MDA Guide MDA Guide Version 1.0.1
• MDA Tools MDA Tools
• Model-Driven Architecture: Vision, Standards And Emerging Technologies at omg.org
• An Introduction to Model Driven Architecture at ibm.com
• From Object Composition to Model Transformation with the MDA at omg.org

Related concepts

• MOF Queries/Views/Transformations (MOF QVT)
• ATL (ATL)
• VIATRA (Viatra)
• Model Driven Engineering (MDE)
• Model-driven architecture (MDA)
• PIM
• PSM
• Domain Specific Language (DSL)
• Transformation language
• Data transformation

References

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• The MDA Journal: Model Driven Architecture Straight From The Masters
• Model Driven Architecture: Applying MDA to Enterprise Computing, David S. Frankel, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-31920-1

External links

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• Czarnecki, K, and Helsen, S : Classification of Model Transformation Approaches. In: Proceedings of the OOPSLA'03 Workshop on the Generative Techniques in the Context Of Model-Driven Architecture, Anaheim, California, USA. Webpublished.
• Gronmo, R, and Oldevik, J : An Empirical Study of the UML Model Transformation Tool (UMT). ^*

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