Multi-level meta-modelling to underpin the abstract and concrete syntax for domain-specific modelling languages

Henderson-Sellers, B; Gonzalez-Perez, C

Multi-level meta-modelling to underpin the abstract and concrete syntax for domain-specific modelling languages

Henderson-Sellers, B Gonzalez-Perez, C

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Citation:: Domain Engineering: Product Lines, Languages, and Conceptual Models, 2013, pp. 291 - 316
Issue Date:: 2013-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Henderson-Sellers, B	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gonzalez-Perez, C	en_US
dc.date.issued	2013-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Domain Engineering: Product Lines, Languages, and Conceptual Models, 2013, pp. 291 - 316	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9783642366536	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/27877
dc.description.abstract	© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013. A domain-specific modelling language can be considered as a situationally focussed conceptual modelling language. A modelling language is typically underpinned by a meta-model that defines its abstract syntax, utilizes a notation (a.k.a. concrete syntax) and possesses a well-defined semantics, sometimes with an associated ontology. However, the relationships between models, meta-models, modelling languages and ontologies are not well defined in the literature. In particular, the implications of the strict meta-modelling paradigm fostered by the OMG in relation to the type/instance duality are often described in a vague and equivocal fashion. This chapter provides a solid theoretical foundation for the construction of domain-specific modelling languages that can help define both the abstract and concrete syntax aspects. Two example languages are described: ISO/IEC 24744 (Software Engineering Meta-model for Development Methodologies), a language that can be used to define software-intensive development methods; and FAML (FAME Agent-oriented Modelling Language), a language for the specification of agent-oriented software systems.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Domain Engineering: Product Lines, Languages, and Conceptual Models	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/978-3-642-36654-3_12	en_US
dc.title	Multi-level meta-modelling to underpin the abstract and concrete syntax for domain-specific modelling languages	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013. A domain-specific modelling language can be considered as a situationally focussed conceptual modelling language. A modelling language is typically underpinned by a meta-model that defines its abstract syntax, utilizes a notation (a.k.a. concrete syntax) and possesses a well-defined semantics, sometimes with an associated ontology. However, the relationships between models, meta-models, modelling languages and ontologies are not well defined in the literature. In particular, the implications of the strict meta-modelling paradigm fostered by the OMG in relation to the type/instance duality are often described in a vague and equivocal fashion. This chapter provides a solid theoretical foundation for the construction of domain-specific modelling languages that can help define both the abstract and concrete syntax aspects. Two example languages are described: ISO/IEC 24744 (Software Engineering Meta-model for Development Methodologies), a language that can be used to define software-intensive development methods; and FAML (FAME Agent-oriented Modelling Language), a language for the specification of agent-oriented software systems.

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