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On the modeling and generation of service-oriented tool chains

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Tool chains have grown from ad-hoc solutions to complex software systems, which often have a service-oriented architecture. With service-oriented tool integration, development tools are made available as services, which can be orchestrated to form tool chains. Due to the increasing sophistication and size of tool chains, there is a need for a systematic development approach for service-oriented tool chains. We propose a domain-specific modeling language (DSML) that allows us to describe the tool chain on an appropriate level of abstraction. We present how this language supports three activities when developing service-oriented tool chains: communication, design and realization. A generative approach supports the realization of the tool chain using the service component architecture. We present experiences from an industrial case study, which applies the DSML to support the creation of a service-oriented tool chain. We evaluate the approach both qualitatively and quantitatively by comparing it with a traditional development approach.

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  1. A system consisting of heterogeneous parts, such as hardware, software and mechanical parts, where software has an important role.

  2. http://www.mathworks.com/products/simulink.

  3. XML Metadata Interchange.

  4. Resource Description Framework.

  5. http://eclipse.org/atl.

  6. http://eclipse.org/acceleo.

  7. http://eclipse.org/modeling/emft/henshin.

  8. http://eclipse.org/m2m.

  9. We explicitly differentiate between the tool chain development process that creates a tool chain and the product development process, which is supported by the tool chain.

  10. http://www.eclipse.org/graphiti.

  11. http://eclipse.org/acceleo.

  12. These model transformations are not to be confused with the model transformations in the data channels that are executed at runtime of the tool chain.

  13. http://www.visuresolutions.com/irqa-web.

  14. http://www.eclipse.org/papyrus.

  15. http://www.windriver.com.

  16. http://www.plcopen.org.

  17. http://www.xilinx.com/ise.

  18. http://cloc.sourceforge.net.

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Biehl, M., El-Khoury, J., Loiret, F. et al. On the modeling and generation of service-oriented tool chains. Softw Syst Model 13, 461–480 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-012-0275-7

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