Abstract
The model-driven User Interface (UI) development life cycle usually evolves from high-level models, which represent abstract UI concepts, to concrete models, which are more related to the UI implementation details, until the final UI is generated. This process is based on a set of model-to-model and model-to-code transformations. Several industrial tools have applied this approach in order to generate the UI. However, these model transformations are mainly fixed and are not always the best solution for a specific UI. In this work, the notion of Transformation Profile is introduced to better specify the model-to-model transformations. A Transformation Profile is made up of a set of predefined Model Mappings and a Transformation Template. The mappings connect initial and target UI models in a flexible way, whereas the Transformation Template gathers high-level parameters to apply to the transformation. As a consequence, a Transformation Profile enables designers to define parameterized transformations that could be reused for another UI development project.
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This work has been developed with the support of MEC and MITyC under the projects SESAMO (TIN2007-62894) and PISA (FIT-340000-2007-110).
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Aquino, N., Vanderdonckt, J., Valverde, F., Pastor, O. (2009). Using Profiles to Support Model Transformations in the Model-Driven Development of User Interfaces. In: Lopez Jaquero, V., Montero Simarro, F., Molina Masso, J., Vanderdonckt, J. (eds) Computer-Aided Design of User Interfaces VI. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-206-1_4
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