Metamodel-Based Analysis of Domain-Specific Conceptual Modeling Methods

Bork, Dominik

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02302-7_11

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“…Currently, OMiLAB community members have little interest in migrating method specifications across different metamodeling platforms, and no one has documented the challenges derived from such efforts. However, a recent research project has analyzed ADOxx-based metamodels in comparison with Ecore-based ones (Bork, 2018) to support technological openness and migration.…”

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An Open Platform for Modeling Method Conceptualization: The OMiLAB Digital Ecosystem

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Buchmann²,

Karagiannis³

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This paper motivates, describes, demonstrates in use, and evaluates the Open Models Laboratory (OMiLAB)-an open digital ecosystem designed to help one conceptualize and operationalize conceptual modeling methods. The OMiLAB ecosystem, which a generalized understanding of "model value" motivates, targets research and education stakeholders who fulfill various roles in a modeling method's lifecycle. While we have many reports on novel modeling methods and tools for various domains, we lack knowledge on conceptualizing such methods via a full-fledged dedicated open ecosystem and a methodology that facilitates entry points for novices and an open innovation space for experienced stakeholders. This gap continues due to the lack of an open process and platform for 1) conducting research in the field of modeling method design, 2) developing agile modeling tools and model-driven digital products, and 3) experimenting with and disseminating such methods and related prototypes. OMiLAB incorporates principles, practices, procedures, tools, and services required to address the issues above since it focuses on being the operational deployment for a conceptualization and operationalization process built on several pillars: 1) a granularly defined "modeling method" concept whose building blocks one can customize for the domain of choice, 2) an "agile modeling method engineering" framework that helps one quickly prototype modeling tools, 3) a model-aware "digital product design lab", and 4) dissemination channels for reaching a global community. In this paper, we demonstrate and evaluate the OMiLAB in research with two selected application cases for domain-and case-specific requirements. Besides these exemplary cases, OMiLAB has proven to effectively satisfy requirements that almost 50 modeling methods raise and, thus, to support researchers in designing novel modeling methods, developing tools, and disseminating outcomes. We also measured OMiLAB's educational impact.

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An Open Platform for Modeling Method Conceptualization: The OMiLAB Digital Ecosystem

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“…In this paper we focus on ADOxx. The reasons for this include that: it is also 3 widely used for implementing enterprise modeling (EM) languages, e.g., [3,4,24]; it is an openly available modeling platform, which makes it easier to share development efforts [3]; and in our experience, at least for a basic implementation, it requires a minimum of coding for language development.…”

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Towards Extending the Validation Possibilities of ADOxx with Alloy

Kinderen

Kaczmarek-Heß

2020

Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing

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While ADOxx is a popular platform for the creation and use of enterprise modeling languages, it provides only limited support for a well-formedness check of created enterprise models. In this paper, we propose to complement the meta modeling platform ADOxx with Alloy, which natively provides extensive model checking capabilities, so as to enable a well-formedness check of enterprise models created in ADOxx.Using the e 3 value modeling language as a point of departure, we particularly provide (a) a partial ADOxx implementation of e 3 value, (b) a proof-of-concept XML2Alloy parser, which allows for converting e 3 value models created in ADOxx into Alloy format, so that (c) e 3 value wellformedness constraints stated in Alloy can be used to check the validity of an e 3 value model with the Alloy Evaluator. Beyond the specific proof-of-concept, we also discuss further possibilities of using ADOxx in conjunction with Alloy, particularly in checking the soundness of meta models underlying an enterprise modeling language.

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“…Procedural Knowledge Procedures that support the development of metamodels. Approaches dealing with the composition of existing metamodels [39], the development of domain-specific modeling languages [15], metamodel metrics [29] as well as agile [40] and model-driven [41] approaches for modeling method engineering are relevant.…”

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“…Understand This level requires understanding the consequences of metamodel design decisions for the expressiveness of the resulting modeling language [29]. Learners should moreover understand the domain for which a certain metamodel is designed for.…”

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A Framework for Teaching Conceptual Modeling and Metamodeling Based on Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Bork

2019

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Conceptual modeling and metamodeling are vital parts in computer and information science study programs at tertiary institutions. Currently, teachers are struggling in ensuring that their teaching approach is comprehensive and in identifying application domains that motivate students, and show that the value of models exceeds pure representative means. This paper uses Bloom's revised taxonomy of educational objectives as a foundation to define a framework for comprehensive teaching of conceptual modeling and metamodeling. The introduced framework is used to evaluate the comprehensiveness of a Smart City teaching case which has been taught at the Next-generation Enterprise: Modeling in the Digital Age Summer School. The contribution of this paper is threefold: First, a generic framework for comprehensive teaching of conceptual modeling and metamodeling is proposed; Second, a Smart City teaching case is reported; Third, the evaluation of the teaching case leads to a discussion on how to improve teaching of conceptual modeling and metamodeling in the future.

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Metamodel-Based Analysis of Domain-Specific Conceptual Modeling Methods

Cited by 12 publications

References 30 publications

An Open Platform for Modeling Method Conceptualization: The OMiLAB Digital Ecosystem

An Open Platform for Modeling Method Conceptualization: The OMiLAB Digital Ecosystem

Towards Extending the Validation Possibilities of ADOxx with Alloy

A Framework for Teaching Conceptual Modeling and Metamodeling Based on Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

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