A Feature-based Survey of Model View Approaches (SOSYM 2018 Best Paper Award) - MODELS 2018 @Copenhagen, Denmark
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This document summarizes a survey of existing model view approaches. The survey identified 16 approaches and developed a feature model to characterize and compare them. Generally, existing approaches focus on a reduced set of features and have limitations around view updating, maintenance, and security. The document outlines areas for further research, including model management tasks, multi-viewpoint modeling, and incremental querying and transformation as they relate to implementing model view approaches.
A Feature-based Survey of Model View Approaches (SOSYM 2018 Best Paper Award) - MODELS 2018 @Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1. A Feature-based Survey of Model View Approaches (SOSYM First) ACM/IEEE 21st International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems October 18, 2018 - Copenhagen, Denmark Hugo Bruneliere, Erik Burger, Jordi Cabot, Manuel Wimmer
- 2. ● Engineering of complex systems (e.g. SoS, CPSs) ○ Models have different nature, number or size ○ Need for views combining these models ● View-based approaches in Software Engineering ○ Predefined set of viewpoints (e.g. EA frameworks) ○ Lack of flexibility, views may change over time ● MDE / Modeling should allow for more flexibility ○ What is the current situation in this area? ○ Survey on existing model view approaches... Introduction 2
- 3. Motivating Example from EA (1/2) 3
- 4. Motivating Example from EA (2/2) 4
- 5. Terminology 5 ● General definitions ○ System ○ (Base) metamodel & model ○ Viewpoint / viewtype, view
- 6. ● First, manual selection (based on our own experience) ○ 10 approaches identified... ● Then, refinement based on DBLP as datasource... Survey Methodology - Overview 6
- 7. ● 16 approaches finally selected ● Agreement on the overall terminology ● Production of a feature model ● Description & comparison of the 16 approaches according to it... Survey Methodology - Data extraction 7
- 8. A feature model for model view approaches 8
- 9. A feature model for model view approaches 9
- 10. A feature model for model view approaches 10
- 12. ● Some commonly shared aspects ○ E.g. required explicit definition of viewpoint/viewtype ● Each feature is covered by one approach (at least) ● Most solutions focus on a reduced set of features ○ Lack of very general solutions for broader scenarios ● Some more challenging / rarely addressed features ○ Verification support for viewpoints/views ○ Graphical languages for viewpoint/view definition General findings 12
- 13. ● Terminology inconsistencies ○ Different background, different definitions, etc. ● View update problem ○ Current support restricted to relatively simple cases ● (Incremental) View maintenance ○ Limited as well, cf. work on incremental transformation ● Concrete syntax generation ○ Not really supported so far: default syntax generation ● Security aspects ○ Model views to support access-control mechanisms A research agenda 13
- 14. ● Model management tasks ○ Composition, matching, merging, diff, etc. ● Multi-viewpoint modeling (e.g. ODP, UML, MDWE) ○ Fixed viewpoints, language-specific solutions ● Software architectures (e.g. ISO 42010) ○ Synthetic vs. Projective approaches ● Language/DSL engineering ○ Language composition, globalization, weaving, etc. ● Incremental model querying and transformation ○ Implementation of model view approaches... Related work 14
- 15. ● Main contributions ○ Recollection of existing model view approaches ○ Feature model for characterizing/comparing them ○ Research agenda on related challenging issues ● We are already working on some of these challenges... ○ Talk on October 19, in the Model Management session (from 10:00 to 11:30) - https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01845976 ● We hope to raise awareness and trigger broader discussion within the Modeling community! Conclusion 15
- 16. Check out the full paper from https://hal.inria.fr/hal-01590674 Springer link - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10270-017-0622-9 hugo.bruneliere@imt-atlantique.fr, burger@kit.edu, jordi.cabot@icrea.cat, wimmer@big.tuwien.ac.at Thanks for your attention! 16