A Metamodeling Approach to Support the Engineering of Modeling Method Requirements

Karagiannis, Dimitris; Burzynski, Patrik; Utz, Wilfrid; Buchmann, Robert Andrei

doi:10.1109/re.2019.00030

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“…1. Applying the CoChaCo approach as a domain-specific language for metamodel design (introduced in [19] and applied on conceptual structures in [11]). Concepts are depicted as squares, connectors as ellipses and characteristics as dotted boxes.…”

Section: Modelling Method: Bedementioning

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BEDe: A Modelling Tool for Business Ecosystems Design with ADOxx

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Utz²

2021

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

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In this contribution we explore a design technique for business ecosystem applying conceptual modelling techniques as a means to conceptualize such environments and provide capabilities to explore and analyze its outcomes in a comprehensive manner. The motivation for this work is attributed to the need of methods in the field that support design, collaborations during evaluation/evolution phases of business ecosystems. The requirements are derived from a review of literature and case studies, used as input for a conceptual analysis performed. As an outcome we propose a modelling method and prototype that provides a formal representation of the concepts identified, interaction and sharing capabilities of models and enables domain-specific extension capabilities realized through metamodeling.

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Section: Modelling Method: Bedementioning

confidence: 99%

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2021

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“…With the data types and constants we can define attribute domains like integers via specifying a type called N and constant symbols 0,1,2,3, ... in C of type N for the numbers, or enumeration lists like a person's gender via specifying a type called gender and constant symbols male, female, and else in C. The elements of the simple or product types of S D are typically not Fig. 2: Notation excerpt of the CoChaCo Method [35] visible in graphical models. They are exclusively used for specifying attribute domains.…”

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“…For the visualization of the metamodel we use the notation of CoChaCo, a method to support the creative process of modeling Fig. 3: A metamodel of Petri Nets method design [35]. This method comprises concrete syntax for most of the concepts contained in Definition 1 with a slightly different naming, see Figure 2.…”

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Formalizing the Four-layer Metamodeling Stack -- Potential and Benefits

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2021

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Enterprise modeling deals with the increasing complexity of processes and systems by operationalizing model content and by linking complementary models and languages, thus amplifying the model-value beyond mere comprehensible pictures. To enable this amplification and turn models into computer-processable structures a comprehensive formalization is needed. This paper presents a generic formalism based on typed firstorder logic and provides a perspective on the potential and benefits arising for a variety of research issues in conceptual modeling. We define modeling languages as formal languages with a signature Σ -comprising object types, relation types, and attributes through types and function symbols -and a set of constraints. Three cases studies are included to show the effectiveness of the approach. Applying the formalism to the next level in the hierarchy of models we create M2FOL, a formal modeling language for metamodels. We show that M2FOL is self-describing and therefore complete the formalization of the full four-layer metamodeling stack. On the basis of our generic formalism applicable to arbitrary modeling languages we examine three current research topics -language interleaving & consistency, operations on models, and automatic translation of formalizations to platform-specific code -and how to approach them with the proposed formalism. This shows that the rich knowledge stack on formal languages in logic offers new tools for old problems.

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“…The notion of "language agility" emerging from the previous points allows languages to shift within this Purpose-Domain space. In a recent paper [23] we introduced a dedicated modeling method for managing modeling method requirements, with a language that assimilates the notion of "purpose" as a first class modeling construct and gives a clear sense of the shifting nature of "domain specificity" as concepts and their relevant specializations are linked to purpose, and filtered or selected based on it.…”

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“…see in [25] the case of a "technologyspecific" modeling language that is tailored for generating code fragments for a minor PHP programming library.  Refine "purpose" into explicit "modeling method requirements": invoke model-driven mechanisms and/or decision support as sources for modeling tool requirements that must be satisfied by modeling methods [23].  Generalization:…”

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Conceptual Modeling Education as a “Design Problem”

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J. Complex Syst. Inform. Model. Q.

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This article frames Conceptual Modeling education as a design problem, in the sense of the Design Science research framework, motivated by student preconceptions and oversimplifications causing a gap between how the discipline is perceived at bachelor level and the holistic understanding of model value that is required for research work. The treatment to this design problem must comprise teaching approaches and artifacts capable of positioning Conceptual Modeling as a standalone discipline having a value proposition for any application domain, rather than a technique subordinated to other disciplines. The underpinning thesis is that modeling languages should be primarily understood as purposeful knowledge schemas that can be subjected to agile adaptations in support of model-driven systems or knowledge processes, by analogy to how a database schema is evolved in response to changing requirements of a data-driven system or data analytics needs. This thesis is supported by enablers provided by the Open Models Laboratory and the Agile Modeling Method Engineering frameworkresources that support the development of treatments to the design problem framed by the article.

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A Metamodeling Approach to Support the Engineering of Modeling Method Requirements

Cited by 28 publications

References 28 publications

BEDe: A Modelling Tool for Business Ecosystems Design with ADOxx

BEDe: A Modelling Tool for Business Ecosystems Design with ADOxx

Formalizing the Four-layer Metamodeling Stack -- Potential and Benefits

Conceptual Modeling Education as a “Design Problem”

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