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A Metamodeling Approach to Evolution

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Database Schema Evolution and Meta-Modeling (DEMM 2000, FoMLaDO 2000)

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With the increasing complexity of systems being modeled, analysis & design move towards more and more abstract methodologies. Most of them rely on metamodeling tools that employ multi-view models and the four-layer metamodeling architecture. Our idea is to use the metamodeling approach to classify and to constraint the possible evolutions of an information system with the effect to improve both detection of evolution conflicts and disciplined reuse. Within the domain of UML metamodeling, a refinement of the metamodel-level classification is proposed that includes bases for defining a metric of the evolution (in terms of distance between metamodels).

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    Marie-Noëlle Terrasse

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

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  2. Faculty of Management and Organization, University of Groningen, P.O. Box 800, 9700 AV, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Bert de Brock

  3. Department of Computer Science, University of Munich, Oettingenstraße 67, 80538, Munich, Germany

    Stefan Conrad

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Terrasse, MN. (2001). A Metamodeling Approach to Evolution. In: Balsters, H., de Brock, B., Conrad, S. (eds) Database Schema Evolution and Meta-Modeling. DEMM FoMLaDO 2000 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2065. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48196-6_12

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