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International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development

MODELSWARD 2015: Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development pp 45–66Cite as

Composition of Heterogeneous Modeling Languages

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Abstract

Model-driven engineering aims at managing the complexity of large software systems by describing their various aspects through dedicated models. This approach requires to employ different modeling languages that are tailored to specific system aspects, yet can be interpreted together to form a coherent description of the total system. Traditionally, implementations of such integrated languages have been monolithic language projects with little modularization and reuse of language parts.

This paper presents a method for engineering reusable language components that can be efficiently combined on the syntax level. The method is based on the concepts of language aggregation, language embedding, and language inheritance. The result is the ability to efficiently develop project-specific combinations of modeling languages in an agile manner.

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    Please note that part of the nomenclature introduced in [7] was changed to reflect the refined concepts more precisely.

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    Arne Haber, Markus Look, Pedram Mir Seyed Nazari, Antonio Navarro Perez, Bernhard Rumpe & Andreas Wortmann

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Haber, A. et al. (2015). Composition of Heterogeneous Modeling Languages. In: Desfray, P., Filipe, J., Hammoudi, S., Pires, L. (eds) Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development. MODELSWARD 2015. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 580. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27869-8_3

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