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Towards an Integrated Method for the Extension of MOF-Based Modeling Languages

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During the last years, various MOF-based modeling languages became de-facto standards in their field of application. Due to their common application and dissemination the need for extending these languages also increased in order to integrate domain-specific concepts or facilitate interoperability and tool support. However, only the minority of MOF-based modeling languages provides an extension mechanism and even those defining one, reveal some syntactical issues (e.g., BPMN). Also MOF itself does not provide an integrated and consistent extension mechanism. We therefore proclaim the application of the UML-based profile mechanism for extending the abstract syntax of MOF-based languages while keeping their original meta models unaffected. Further, the application of the Diagram Definition (DD) standard for extending the concrete syntax is outlined and both aspects are integrated. The research article proposes a generic extension method for MOF-based languages based on existing concepts and constructs from the MOF environment. In this context, the article also discusses the positions of the Profiles package and the Diagram Graphics (DG) package within the OMG meta hierarchy.

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    Also, this aspect demarcates our work from rather formally driven DSL approaches.

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This research was funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) within the research project SFB Transregio 96.

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    Richard Braun & Werner Esswein

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Braun, R., Esswein, W. (2015). Towards an Integrated Method for the Extension of MOF-Based Modeling Languages. In: Bellatreche, L., Manolopoulos, Y. (eds) Model and Data Engineering. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9344. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23781-7_9

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