Abstract:


Metamodel-based UML Notations for Domain-specific Languages


Achim D. Brucker and Jürgen Doser



We present a metamodel-based approach for specifying UML notations 
for domain-specific modeling languages. Traditionally, domain specific 
languages are either defined by UML profiles or using metamodels. 
We provide a generic integration of these two methods supporting 
arbitrary UML profiles and metamodels. Our approach provides a 
bi-directional mapping between the UML notation and the metamodel 
of the domain specific language. We use OCL constraints that are 
embedded into the metamodel, for describing the mapping between 
the UML notation and the metamodel. Moreover, we describe an 
implementation, as ArgoUML-plugin, for arbitrary SecureUML dialects.