Authors:
Gilles Dodinet
;
Michel Zam
and
Geneviève Jomier
Affiliation:
LAMSADE, Univ. Paris-Dauphine, France
Keyword(s):
Software Evolution, Collaborative Development, Model-driven Engineering.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Cross-Feeding between Data and Software Engineering
;
Distributed and Mobile Software Systems
;
Model-Driven Engineering
;
Software Engineering
;
Software Engineering Methods and Techniques
;
Web-Based Computing
Abstract:
Despite its promises, the lack of support for consistent coevolution of models with theirs meta-models and instances prevents a broader adoption of MDE. This article presents a coevolution support for reflective meta-models and their instances tightly integrated into an execution platform. The platform allows stakeholders, developers and final users to define, update and run models and theirs instances concurrently. Design changes are reflected immediately in the running applications, hosted by the platform. Both instances and models are stored in a shared multi-version database that brings persistency, consistency and traceability support. A web-based implementation of the platform validates the approach and sets the foundations for a collaborative integrated development environment that evolves continuously.