Impact of Evolution of Concerns in the Model-Driven Architecture Design Approach

B. Tekinerdogan; Mehmet Aksit; Francis Henninger

doi:10.1016/j.entcs.2006.10.015

Impact of Evolution of Concerns in the Model-Driven Architecture Design Approach

B. Tekinerdogan, Mehmet Aksit, Francis Henninger

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Abstract

Separation of concerns is an important principle for designing high quality software systems and is both applied in the Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) and Aspect-Oriented Software Development (AOSD). The AOSD and MDA techniques seem to be complementary to each other; historically AOSD has focused on modeling crosscutting concerns whereas MDA has focused on the explicit separation of platform independent concerns from platform specific concerns and the model-driven generation processes. In order to assess the benefits of AOSD for MDA we provide a systematic analysis on crosscutting concerns within the MDA context. The analysis consists of three steps. First, we define an abstract model of MDA transformation with respect to concerns. Second, we define a number of evolution scenarios that correspond to a selected list of crosscutting concerns. Third, we analyze the model transformations in MDA with respect to the abstract model, the evolution scenarios and the related crosscutting concerns. This analysis results in the definition of a number of key problems related to the integration and evolution of crosscutting concerns in the MDA approach. Based on this analysis we provide a set of recommendations for the language and the process that is used in the MDA approach.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Aspect-Based and Model-Based Separation of Concerns in Software Systems
Place of Publication	Amsterdam
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	45-64
Number of pages	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcs.2006.10.015
Publication status	Published - 2007
Event	Aspect-Based and Model-Based Separation of Concerns in Software Systems - Bilbao, Spain Duration: 10 Jul 2006 → 10 Jul 2006

Publication series

Name	Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science
Publisher	Elsevier
Number	2
Volume	163
ISSN (Print)	1571-0661
ISSN (Electronic)	1571-0661

Workshop

Workshop	Aspect-Based and Model-Based Separation of Concerns in Software Systems
Period	10/07/06 → 10/07/06
Other	10 Jul 2006

Keywords

EWI-8900
Crosscutting concern
SE-MDA: Model Driven Architecture
MDA
IR-60274
Evolution
METIS-242023

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Tekinerdogan, B, Aksit, M & Henninger, F 2007, Impact of Evolution of Concerns in the Model-Driven Architecture Design Approach. in Proceedings of the Aspect-Based and Model-Based Separation of Concerns in Software Systems. Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science, no. 2, vol. 163, Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 45-64, Aspect-Based and Model-Based Separation of Concerns in Software Systems, 10/07/06. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.entcs.2006.10.015

Impact of Evolution of Concerns in the Model-Driven Architecture Design Approach. / Tekinerdogan, B.; Aksit, Mehmet; Henninger, Francis.

Proceedings of the Aspect-Based and Model-Based Separation of Concerns in Software Systems. Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2007. p. 45-64 (Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science; Vol. 163, No. 2).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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