A Comparison of Rule Inheritance in Model-to-Model Transformation Languages

Manuel Wimmer; Gerti Kappel; Angelika Kusel; Werner Retschitzegger; Johannes Schoenboeck; Wieland Schwinger; Dimitris Kolovos; Richard Paige; Marius Lauder; Andy Schurr; Dennis Wagelaar

A Comparison of Rule Inheritance in Model-to-Model Transformation Languages

Manuel Wimmer, Gerti Kappel, Angelika Kusel, Werner Retschitzegger, Johannes Schoenboeck, Wieland Schwinger, Dimitris Kolovos, Richard Paige, Marius Lauder, Andy Schurr, Dennis Wagelaar

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Abstract

Although model transformations presumably play a major role in Model-Driven Engineering, reuse mechanisms such as inheritance have received little attention so far. In this paper, we propose a comparison framework for rule inheritance in declarative model-to-model transformation languages, and provide an in-depth evaluation of three prominent representatives thereof, namely ATL, ETL (declarative subsets thereof), and TGGs. The framework provides criteria for comparison along orthogonal dimensions, covering static aspects, which indicate whether a set of inheriting transformation rules is well-formed at compile-
time, and dynamic aspects, which describe how inheriting rules behave at run-time. The application of this framework to dedicated transformation languages shows that, while providing similar syntactical inheritance concepts, they exhibit different dynamic inheritance semantics and offer basic support for checking static inheritance constraints, only.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	31-46
Number of pages	16
Journal	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	6707
Publication status	Published - 25 Jul 2011
Event	4th International Conference on Model Transformation (ICMT 2011) - Zurich, Switzerland Duration: 27 Jun 2011 → 28 Jun 2011 http://www.model-transformation.org/ICMT2011/

Keywords

Rule Inheritance
Model Transformation
Comparison

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4th International Conference on Model Transformation (ICMT 2011)
Dennis Wagelaar (Participant)
27 Jun 2011 → 28 Jun 2011
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
Research visit to the AtlanMod research group at the Ecole des Mines, Nantes, France. Research subject is the ATL model transformation language.
Dennis Wagelaar (Member)
5 Jan 2011 → 28 Feb 2011
Activity: Other › Research and Teaching at External Organisation

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A Comparison of Rule Inheritance in Model-to-Model Transformation Languages. / Wimmer, Manuel; Kappel, Gerti; Kusel, Angelika; Retschitzegger, Werner; Schoenboeck, Johannes; Schwinger, Wieland; Kolovos, Dimitris; Paige, Richard; Lauder, Marius; Schurr, Andy; Wagelaar, Dennis.

In: Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6707, 25.07.2011, p. 31-46.

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Research visit to the AtlanMod research group at the Ecole des Mines, Nantes, France. Research subject is the ATL model transformation language.

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