A metamodel for the notation of graphical modeling languages

Author

He, Xiao ; Ma, Zhiyi ; Shao, Weizhong ; Li, Ge

Author_Institution

Peking Univ., Beijing

Volume

1

fYear

2007

fDate

24-27 July 2007

Firstpage

219

Lastpage

224

Abstract

In order to define a graphical modeling language, it is necessary to define the graphical notation of the language in the process of metamodeling. So the defining of the notation has become one of the essential functions in meta-modeling tools. This paper proposed the Notation Definition Metamodel (NDM) for metamodeling tools. NDM is used to define the graphical notation. It consists of three parts: basic figures and layouts, location relations and syntax bridges. NDM has been implemented in PKU Meta- Model Tool (PkuMMT). The paper made a case study to illustrate the feasibility of NDM. Besides, a comparison between PKU MMT and some metamodeling tools is presented to show the capability and advantages of NDM.

Keywords

computer graphics; specification languages; PKU metamodel tool; graphical modeling languages; graphical notation; metamodeling tools; notation definition metamodel; Bridges; Computer science; Computer science education; Concrete; Educational technology; Helium; Laboratories; Layout; Metamodeling; Programming;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Software and Applications Conference, 2007. COMPSAC 2007. 31st Annual International

Conference_Location

Beijing

ISSN

0730-3157

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2870-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMPSAC.2007.27

Filename

4291008