An Introduction to the ATLAS Model Management Architecture

Authors: 
Bezivin, J.; Jouault, J.; Touzet, D.
Author: 
Bezivin, J
Jouault, J
Touzet, D
Year: 
2005
Venue: 
Research Report, LINA (05-01)
URL: 
http://www.sciences.univ-nantes.fr/lina/atl/www/papers/RR-LINA2005-01.pdf
Citations: 
40
Citations range: 
10 - 49
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The concept of “model” is today considered as a promising technology in domains such as
data and software engineering. In the field of model engineering, models are now viewed as
firts-class entities. This new approach makes it possible to envision the integration of models
into engineering processes. Such an integration will however require a set of dedicated tools
enabling to perform standard model operations onto handled models. We strongly believe that,
in order to achieve usability for large communinities of users, model-based tools have to rely
on a common and well-defined theorical modeling framework.
This report addresses both theorical and implementation issues. We propose the idea that a
common set of principles may be mapped to different implementation contexts. We illustrate
our approach with AMMA, our current proposal for a model-based conceptual architecture.