XML Metadata Interchange Format Research Articles

XSLT‐based evolutions and analyses of design patterns

AbstractDesign patterns document flexible designs that may evolve over time. Design pattern evolution typically involves the addition or removal of a group of modeling elements, such as classes, attributes, operations, and relationships. However, the possible evolutions of each design pattern are often not explicitly documented. Missing part of the evolution process may result in inconsistent evolution. Pattern instances may interact with each other making the evolution of design patterns more error‐prone. Undetected design errors and inconsistencies may cause failures of systems. In this paper, we propose a service‐oriented architecture for design pattern evolution and analysis based on two‐level transformations, thus making the possible evolutions of each design pattern explicit. In addition, we automate the evolution processes as XSLT transformations that can transform the unified modeling language (UML) model of a design pattern application into the evolved UML model of the pattern. Both the original and evolved UML models are represented in the XML Metadata Interchange format to facilitate the transformations. Furthermore, we check the consistency of the evolution results using the semantic web checker based on the Java Theorem Prover. A case study on a large real‐world system is presented to illustrate and evaluate our approach. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

XMI기반 객체지향 메타모델 생성

일반적으로 객체지향 모델링으로 UML을 이용한 설계방법이 많이 사용되고 있다. 그러나 UML을 이용한 메타데이터의 생성은 서로 다른 환경에서 언어와 이에 관련된 세부적인 기능들에 대한 표현의 차이점으로 쉽지가 않다. 이를 해결하기 위해 본 논문에서는 패턴 및 클래스에 대한 부분을 정형화, 표준화하기 위한 방법으로 XML Metadata Interchange Format(XMI)를 이용하였다. 그리고 메타모델의 설계를 위해서 XMI 메타모델 중 사용의 빈도수가 많은 4개의 엘리먼트(element)만을 선택하여 메타데이터를 생성하였다. 생성된 메타데이터를 저장하기 위해서 DB를 이용한 저장소를 설계하였으며, 패턴 및 각 클래스 구성에 대한 정보를 추가하고 질의어(query)를 이용하여 메타데이터의 재사용 및 확장이 용이하도록 하였다 Usually, design method to use UML by Object-Oriented Modelling is used much. But, generation of Metadata that use UML is not easy by difference of expression about detailed functions that Is Involved language and this in environment that differ. In this paper that solution method use XML Metadata Interchange Format(XMI) for standardization and normalization of Pattern and Class. And, for design of Metamodel select frequency A many 4 element of use among XMI Metamodel and create Metadata. Design DB repository for created Metadata storing and add pattern and Information about each class composition and use query and did so that reusability and extension of Metadata nay be easy.

Small-Scale XMI Programming: A Revolution in UML Tool Use?

The main motivation for the development of the OMG's XML Metadata Interchange Format (XMI) was the need to have a standard way for UML tools to interchange UML models. However, the fact that UML models, saved as XML documents, are now accessible to standard XML tools, opens up new possibilities to which less attention has so far been paid. This paper discusses how XMI can be exploited for performing model analysis and housekeeping tasks and for the integration of third party or in-house tools. With the help of examples we focus on what can be achieved with small-scale XMI programming by a single developer in hours rather than days. We suggest that this new capability may have important and positive implications for the future of UML modelling using tools.