A Metamodeling Framework for Promoting Flexibility and Creativity Over Strict Model Conformance

Nicolas Hili (1, 2, 3)

1 Queen's University [Kingston, Canada]
2 IIHM - Ingénierie de l’Interaction Homme-Machine
3 SIGMA - Systèmes d’Information - inGénierie et Modélisation Adaptables

This paper defines FlexiMeta, a metamodeling framework intended to promote more flexibility and creativity while not compromising validation through model conformance. It advocates less coupling between models and metamodels in order to make the creation of models and user-defined metamodels possible in an arbitrary order. It comes along with a generic process structured into several phases. For each phase, a proper balance between flexibility and validation is found in order to bridge the gap between creativity and strict model conformance.

Mots clés: Model-driven Engineering; Modeling Language; Metamodel-based environments; Metamodeling semantics

Domaines: Génie logiciel [cs.SE]; Modélisation et simulation; Langage de programmation [cs.PL]

Nicolas Hili. A Metamodeling Framework for Promoting Flexibility and Creativity Over Strict Model Conformance. Flexible Model Driven Engineering Workshop, Davide Di Ruscio; Juan de Lara; Alfonso Pierantonio, Oct 2016, Saint-Malo, France. pp.2--11. ⟨hal-01464800⟩