Paper Info
Title
Strict profiles: why and how
Abstract
The definition of a clean profile mechanism will play a crucial role in the UML's future in terms of how useful it will be to modellers and how well tool vendors may implement the new facilities. Unfortunately, in an attempt to restrict profile definitions to a single meta level, predefined modeling elements are currently specified exclusively at the meta-model level, and therefore can be applied solely through the mechanism of meta-instantiation. We identify the problems associated with such a restriction and explain why model level inheritance also has a role to play in the definition of predefined modeling elements. We point out the fundamental differences and relationships between the two mechanisms in the context of defining UML profiles and provide guidelines as to which mechanism should be used under which circumstance. We conclude by describing the necessity for the use of both mechanisms in the definition of UML profiles within a strict metamodeling framework.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1007/3-540-40011-7_22
Uml
Keywords
Field
DocType
defining uml profile,crucial role,model level inheritance,single meta level,strict profile,meta-model level,uml profile,predefined modeling element,fundamental difference,profile definition,clean profile mechanism,meta model
Specification language,Programming language,UML tool,Unified Modeling Language,Computer science,Applications of UML,Artificial intelligence,Observer pattern,Metamodeling,restrict,Distributed computing
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
1939
0302-9743
3-540-41133-X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
13
3.01
4
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Colin Atkinson11740147.08
Thomas Kühne220217.94