Developing a domain-specific plug-in for a modelling platform: The good, the bad, the ugly

Author

Montrieux, Lionel ; Yijun Yu ; Wermelinger, Michel

Author_Institution

Centre for Res. in Comput., Open Univ., Milton Keynes, UK

fYear

2013

fDate

21-21 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Domain-Specific Modelling Languages (DSML) allow software engineers to use the techniques and tools of Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) to express, represent and analyse a particular domain. By defining DSMLs as UML profiles, i.e. domain-specific extensions of the UML metamodel, development time for DSMLs can be greatly reduced by extending existing UML tools. In this paper, we reflect on our own experience in building rbacUML, a DSML for Role-Based Access Control modelling and analysis, as a plugin for a UML modelling platform. We describe what motivated our choice, and discuss the advantages and drawbacks of using an existing platform to develop a DSML on top of UML and additional analysis tooling.

Keywords

Unified Modeling Language; authorisation; simulation languages; software engineering; DSML development time; MDE; UML metamodel; UML profiles; domain-specific modelling languages; domain-specific plug-in development; model-driven engineering; rbacUML; role-based access control analysis; role-based access control modelling; Access control; Biological system modeling; Engines; Generators; Software; Standards; Unified modeling language; Eclipse; MDE; Modelling; OCL; Plugin; RBAC;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Developing Tools as Plug-ins (TOPI), 2013 3rd International Workshop on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

2327-0748

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TOPI.2013.6597186

Filename

6597186