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In this paper we sketch a transformation-oriented framework for establishing system characteristics like model-checkability, learnability, or performance. Backbone of our framework is Cinco, our meta tooling suite for generating DSL-specific development environments on the basis of specifications in terms of metamodels. Cinco is used here to specify the considered source and target languages, as well as the transformation language that allows one to transform source systems/models into semantically equivalent, X-conform target systems. In this paper, we focus on illustrating the power of domain-specific transformation languages by presenting a multi-level transformation pattern that allows one to elegantly capture refinement and aggregation aspects in a rule-based fashion. All this is explained along a number of examples.
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This pattern is very similar to the semantics of so-called synchronous systems which distinguish between micro-steps (here the computational steps) and macro-steps (here the user interaction with the web story) [1].
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There are a few subtleties, e.g. how to deal with non-determinism, which are beyond the scope of this paper.
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The full Cinco specification of the WebStory language is available as download at https://cinco.scce.info/examples/webstory/.
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Lybecait, M., Kopetzki, D., Steffen, B. (2018). Design for ‘X’ Through Model Transformation. In: Margaria, T., Steffen, B. (eds) Leveraging Applications of Formal Methods, Verification and Validation. Modeling. ISoLA 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 11244. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03418-4_23
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