Generating Domain-Specific Visual Language Tools from Abstract Visual Specifications

被引：18
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作者：
Grundy, John C. [1 ]
Hosking, John [2 ]
Li, Karen Na [3 ]
Ali, Norhayati Mohd [4 ]
Huh, Jun [5 ,6 ]
Li, Richard Lei [7 ]
机构：
[1] Swinburne Univ Technol, Ctr Comp & Engn Software Syst, Fac Informat & Commun Technol, Hawthorn, Vic 3122, Australia
[2] Australian Natl Univ, Coll Engn & Comp Sci, Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia
[3] SolNet Solut Ltd, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
[4] Univ Putra Malaysia, Fac Comp Sci & Informat Technol, Serdang 43400, Selangor, Malaysia
[5] Univ Auckland, Ctr Software Innovat, Dept Comp Sci, Auckland 1, New Zealand
[6] Univ Auckland, Auckland UniServ, Auckland 1, New Zealand
[7] Beef & Lamb New Zealand, Wellington 6011, New Zealand
来源：
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING | 2013年 / 39卷 / 04期
关键词：
Metatool; domain-specific visual language; software tool; visual specification; model-driven engineering; ENVIRONMENTS; SYSTEMS; DESIGN;
D O I：
10.1109/TSE.2012.33
中图分类号：
TP31 [计算机软件];
学科分类号：
081202 ; 0835 ;
摘要：
Domain-specific visual languages support high-level modeling for a wide range of application domains. However, building tools to support such languages is very challenging. We describe a set of key conceptual requirements for such tools and our approach to addressing these requirements, a set of visual language-based metatools. These support definition of metamodels, visual notations, views, modeling behaviors, design critics, and model transformations and provide a platform to realize target visual modeling tools. Extensions support collaborative work, human-centric tool interaction, and multiplatform deployment. We illustrate application of the metatoolset on tools developed with our approach. We describe tool developer and cognitive evaluations of our platform and our exemplar tools, and summarize key future research directions.
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页码：487 / 515
页数：29
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