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Transformation: The Missing Link of MDA

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In this paper we explore the issue of transforming models to models, an essential part of the OMG’s Model Driven Architecture (MDA) vision. Drawing from the literature and our experiences implementing a number of transformations using different technologies, we explore the strengths and weaknesses of the different technologies and identify requirements for a transformation language for performing the kind of model-to-model transformations required to realise the MDA vision.

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  1. CRC for Enterprise Distributed Systems (DSTC), Australia

    Anna Gerber, Michael Lawley, Kerry Raymond, Jim Steel & Andrew Wood

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  1. Dipartimento di Informatica, Università di Pisa, Corso Italia 40, 56125, Pisa, Italy

    Andrea Corradini

  2. Computer Science Department, Technical University of Berlin, Franklinstraße 28/29, 10587, Berlin, Germany

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  3. Computer Science Department, University of Bremen, Bibliothekstraße 1, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Hans -Jörg Kreowski

  4. Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science, Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333, CA Leiden, The Netherlands

    Grzegorz Rozenberg

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Gerber, A., Lawley, M., Raymond, K., Steel, J., Wood, A. (2002). Transformation: The Missing Link of MDA. In: Corradini, A., Ehrig, H., Kreowski, H.J., Rozenberg, G. (eds) Graph Transformation. ICGT 2002. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2505. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45832-8_9

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