DocumentCode :
3509428
Title :
XMML: A Visual Metamodeling Language for Domain-Specific Modeling and its Application in Distributed Systems
Author :
Zhou, Hua ; Sun, Xingping ; Liang, Zhihong ; Kang, HongWei ; Duan, Qing ; Yang, Hongji
Author_Institution :
Yunnan Univ., Kunming
fYear :
2008
fDate :
21-23 Oct. 2008
Firstpage :
133
Lastpage :
139
Abstract :
As a practical method to simplify construction of distributed systems, Domain-Specific Modeling raises the level of abstraction beyond programming by specifying the solution directly using visual models to express domain concepts. This paper gives a visual metamodeling language which is suitable for specific domain modeling, namely XMML. It supports development and design of Domain-Specific Modeling languages (DSMLs) and domain model. A formal definition method of domain rules based on events is proposed for domain rules modeling. The paper also gives a loose coupling, scalable implementation schema for visual design of DSMLs. Finally, gives an example used XMML for metamodeling of a distributed application.
Keywords :
formal specification; middleware; visual languages; XMML; distributed systems; domain rules modeling; domain-specific modeling; formal definition method; visual metamodeling language; Conferences; DSL; Distributed computing; Metamodeling; Middleware; Productivity; Programming; Scalability; Unified modeling language; Visualization; Domain-Specific Modeling; Domain-Specific Modeling languages; metamodeling;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Future Trends of Distributed Computing Systems, 2008. FTDCS '08. 12th IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Kunming
ISSN :
1071-0485
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3377-3
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/FTDCS.2008.27
Filename :
4683126
Link To Document :
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