Abstract
Much of the current work on model transformations seems essentially operational and executable in nature. Executable descriptions are necessary from the point of view of implementation. But from a conceptual point of view, transformations can also be viewed as descriptive models by stating only the properties a transformation has to fulfill and by omitting execution details. This contribution discusses the view that model transformations can be abstracted as being transformation models. As a simple example for a transformation model, the well-known transformation from the Entity-Relationship model to the Relational model is shown. A transformation model in this contribution is nothing more than an ordinary, simple model, i.e., a UML/MOF class diagram together with OCL constraints. A transformation model may transport syntax and semantics of the described domain. The contribution thus covers two views on transformations: An operational model transformation view and a descriptive transformation model view.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 9th International Conference, MoDELS 2006 |
| Place of Publication | Berlin |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 440-453 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-3-540-45772-5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
| Event | 9th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MoDELS 2006 - Genova, Italy Duration: 1 Oct 2006 → 6 Oct 2006 Conference number: 9 |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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| Publisher | Springer Verlag |
| Number | 10 |
| Volume | 4199 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
| Conference | 9th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MoDELS 2006 |
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| Abbreviated title | MoDELS |
| Country/Territory | Italy |
| City | Genova |
| Period | 1/10/06 → 6/10/06 |
Keywords
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