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Towards multi-modeling for domain description

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Andrea Leitner,

Christian Kreiner,

Christian Steger,

Reinhold WeißAuthors Info & Claims

SPLC '11: Proceedings of the 15th International Software Product Line Conference, Volume 2

Article No.: 30, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/2019136.2019170

Published: 21 August 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Domain modeling is a key task in the development of a software product line. We identified two popular modeling paradigms: Feature-oriented domain modeling (FODM) and domain specific modeling (DSM). The appropriate choice of the modeling paradigm is a crucial decision for the development of an efficient and easy to use domain model. For complex and heterogeneous domain descriptions, for example embedded system descriptions, different representation techniques can be useful to describe the different parts of the system. We propose a method to combine both representation techniques to realize a domain specific multi modeling approach. This supports not only a more natural domain description, but can as well be seen as a support for knowledge transfer between different stakeholders.

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Index Terms

Towards multi-modeling for domain description
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Context specific languages
      1. Domain specific languages

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Leitner AWeib RKreiner C(2012)Extending the multi-modeling domain representation from problem space to solution space2012 IEEE 19th International Conference and Workshops on Engineering of Computer-Based Systems10.1109/ecbs.2012.6487437(330-334)Online publication date: Apr-2012
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