Domain-Specific Modelling Using Mobile Devices

Vaquero-Melchor, Diego; Garmendía, Antonio; Guerra, Esther; Lara, Juan de

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62569-0_11

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“…Collaboration may also be important in mobile modelling [101]. There are surveys on collaborative modelling [32] proposing classification criteria.…”

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Modelling on mobile devices

2021

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Modelling is central to many disciplines in engineering and the natural and social sciences. A wide variety of modelling languages and tools have been proposed along the years, traditionally for static environments such as desktops and laptops. However, the availability of increasingly powerful mobile devices makes it possible to profit from their embedded sensors and components (e.g. camera, microphone, GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope) for modelling. This has promoted a new range of modelling tools specially designed for their use in mobility. Such tools open the door to modelling in dynamic scenarios that go beyond the capabilities of traditional desktop tools. For example, modelling in mobility can be useful to design smart factories on-site, or to create models of hiking routes while walking along the routes, among many other scenarios. In this paper, we report on a systematic mapping study to identify the state of the art and trends in modelling on mobile devices. The study covers both research papers and modelling apps from the Android and iOS stores. From this analysis, we derive a classification for mobile modelling tools along three orthogonal dimensions, discuss current gaps, and propose avenues for further research.

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“…Collaboration may also be important in mobile modelling [101]. There are surveys on collaborative modelling [32] proposing classification criteria.…”

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confidence: 99%

Modelling on mobile devices

2021

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“…Otherwise, these models may need to be defined with pen and paper on-place and then transferred into a computer at the working place. For these reasons, several tools have emerged to tackle this challenge, like NetSketcher [1], CEL [16], HoloFlow [24] or DSL-comet [32].…”

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“…They are defined by a domain meta-model enriched with additional metamodels that define aspects of graphical syntax, external interactions or geo-positioning. We show the first steps towards the realization of our approach in DSL-comet, a tool for mobile domain-specific modelling presented in [32][33][34]. We also report on our vision of a low-code development environment for creating Active DSLs, including their role-based access control.…”

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Towards access control for collaborative modelling apps

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2020

Proceedings of the 23rd ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems: Companion Proceedi

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Domain-specific languages (DSLs) are small languages tailored to narrow domains. Their purpose is to cope with the needs of domain experts, who might not have a software engineering background. In previous work, we proposed the novel notion of Active DSLs, which are graphical DSLs extended to benefit from mobility using geolocation and interactions with external services and devices. Active DSLs are the central component of a mobile collaborative appl called DSL-comet. Modelling using DSLs can be done collaboratively by a group of stakeholders, and the levels of required confidentiality and integrity may vary across modelling artefacts. While preventing the access to protected data has been tackled for DSLs used on static environments like laptops and desktop computers, it has not been envisioned for modelling on mobile devices. The latter poses further challenges as access permissions may depend not just on user profiles but also on conditions that only make sense in mobility, such as geolocation or information retrieved from nearby sensors. Embracing the approach of Active DSLs, we propose an annotation meta-model to provide fine-grained role-based access control to any domain meta-model, hence enabling model element protection when collaborating in mobility. The paper describes our current implementation and our envisioned low-code solution, which includes a cloud-based textual editor to define role hierarchies and permissions for the domain meta-models. CCS CONCEPTS • Software and its engineering → Domain specific languages.

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