Tools for MDA Software Development: Evaluation Criteria and Set of Desirable Features

Author

Calic, Tihomir ; Dascalu, Sergiu ; Egbert, Dwight

Author_Institution

Univ. of Nevada, Reno

fYear

2008

fDate

7-9 April 2008

Firstpage

44

Lastpage

50

Abstract

Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is a new approach to software development that moves standard code- centric software development to model-centric software development. The basic idea is to specify system functionality with a platform independent model and then translate this model into platform specific model(s) and fully executable source code. MDA provides interoperability capabilities between different technologies, simplifies the work of software engineers, reduces software development costs, and supports adaptation to rapid changes in technology. Based on the development of a software application, a Glossary Management Tool, this paper proposes an evaluation framework for MDA tools and outlines with a set of software requirements the ";portrait"; of an ideal MDA tool.

Keywords

open systems; software architecture; software standards; MDA software development; glossary management tool; interoperability capability; model driven architecture; model-centric software development; platform independent model; software engineering; source code; standard code-centric software development; system functionality; Application software; Code standards; Computer architecture; Costs; Programming; Software development management; Software standards; Software tools; Standards development; Terminology; MDA; evaluation criteria; tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Technology: New Generations, 2008. ITNG 2008. Fifth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

Print_ISBN

0-7695-3099-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITNG.2008.241

Filename

4492453