Abstract
Model Driven Software Engineering aims to provide a quality assured process for designing and generating software. Modelling frameworks that offer technologies
for domain specific language and associated tool construction are called language workbenches. Since modelling is itself a domain, there are benefits to applying a workbenchbased approach to the construction of modelling languages and tools. Such a framework
is a meta-modelling tool and those that can generate themselves are reflective metatools. This article reviews the current state of the art for modelling tools and proposes
a set of reflective meta-modelling tool requirements. The XTools framework has been
designed as a reflective meta-tool and is used as a benchmark.
for domain specific language and associated tool construction are called language workbenches. Since modelling is itself a domain, there are benefits to applying a workbenchbased approach to the construction of modelling languages and tools. Such a framework
is a meta-modelling tool and those that can generate themselves are reflective metatools. This article reviews the current state of the art for modelling tools and proposes
a set of reflective meta-modelling tool requirements. The XTools framework has been
designed as a reflective meta-tool and is used as a benchmark.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1148-1176 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Journal | Journal of Universal Computer Science |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 28 Sept 2020 |