Authors:
Edouard Batot
;
Houari Sahraoui
;
Eugene Syriani
;
Paul Molins
and
Wael Sboui
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal, Canada
Keyword(s):
Model Transformation, Systematic Mapping, Software Engineering.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Domain-Specific Modeling and Domain-Specific Languages
;
Languages, Tools and Architectures
;
Model Transformation
;
Model-Driven Architecture
;
Model-Driven Software Development
;
Models
;
Paradigm Trends
;
Software Engineering
Abstract:
As a contribution to the adoption of the Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) paradigm, the research community
has proposed concrete model transformation solutions for the MDE infrastructure and for domain-specific
problems. However, as the adoption increases and with the advent of the new initiatives for the creation
of repositories, it is legitimate to question whether proposals for concrete transformation problems can be
still considered as research contributions or if they respond to a practical/technical work. In this paper, we
report on a systematic mapping study that aims at understanding the trends and characteristics of concrete
model transformations published in the past decade. Our study shows that the number of papers with, as main
contribution, a concrete transformation solution, is not as high as expected. This number increased to reach a
peak in 2010 and is decreasing since then. Our results also include a characterization and an analysis of the
published proposals following
a rigorous classification scheme.
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