Description
Book SynopsisThis book focuses on metamodelling as a discipline, exploring its foundations, techniques and results. It presents a comprehensive metamodel that covers process, product and quality issues under a common framework. Issues covered include: An explanation of what metamodelling is and why it is necessary in the context of software engineering.
Table of ContentsPreface vii CHAPTER 1 – Software Development Methodologies and Metamodelling 1
1.1 What is a Methodology? 2
1.2 Metamodelling Needs 11
1.3 What is Metamodelling? 17
1.4 Summary 18
References 19
CHAPTER 2 – Modelling Infrastructure 21
2.1 Models and Modelling 21
2.2 Modelling Languages 26
2.3 Categorization Issues 36
2.4 The Relationship Between Models and Metamodels 42
2.5 Infrastructure 44
2.6 Summary 48
References 48
CHAPTER 3 – Using Metamodels 53
3.1 Metamodelling for Modelling Languages 53
3.2 Metamodelling for Processes 58
3.3 Metamodelling for Development Methodologies 62
3.4 Metamodelling for Model Transformation 65
3.5 Using a Metamodelling Infrastructure 68
3.6 Summary 72
References 72
CHAPTER 4 – Problems with Traditional Approaches and Current Products 75
4.1 Terminology and Culture Clashes 76
4.2 Linguistic and Ontological Metamodels 79
4.3 Process and Modelling Conflicts 83
4.4 The Quality Aspect 95
4.5 Solutions and Guidelines 104
4.6 Summary 106
References 106
CHAPTER 5 – New Approaches to Metamodelling 111
5.1 Deep Instantiation-Based Metamodelling 112
5.2 Powertype-Based Metamodelling 114
5.3 Comparison of Powertype Modelling and Potency 126
5.4 Summary 129
References 130
CHAPTER 6 – Software Engineering Metamodel for Development Methodologies 133
6.1 General Philosophy and Scope 133
6.2 High-Level View 141
6.3 Process Aspects 144
6.4 Modelling Aspects – Product Classes 148
6.5 People Aspects – Producer Classes 151
6.6 Linking Process and Product Aspects 153
6.7 Support Classes 154
6.8 Classes in ISO/IEC 24744 155
6.9 Extending the ISO/IEC 24744 Metamodel 157
6.10 Summary 161
References 161
CHAPTER 7 – Creating and Using a Methodology Generated from the Metamodel 163
7.1 Creating a Powertype-Based Methodology from its Metamodel 165
7.2 The Endeavour Domain 175
7.3 Summary 178
References 179
APPENDIX – Proposed Notation for ISO/IEC 24744 181
Index 203
