JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 16(17): 2353-2373, doi: 10.3217/jucs-016-17-2353
Linking UML and MDD through UML Profiles: a Practical Approach based on the UML Association
expand article infoGiovanni Giachetti‡, Manuela Albert‡, Beatriz Marín‡, Oscar Pastor‡
‡ Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

Corresponding author: Giovanni Giachetti ( ggiachetti@pros.upv.es )

© Giovanni Giachetti, Manuela Albert, Beatriz Marín, Oscar Pastor.
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Citation: Giachetti G, Albert M, Marín B, Pastor O (2010) Linking UML and MDD through UML Profiles: a Practical Approach based on the UML Association. JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 16(17): 2353-2373. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-016-17-2353
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Abstract
In a model-driven development context, the definition (or selection) of an appropriate modeling language is a crucial task. OMG, in the model-driven architecture specification, recommends the use of UML for model-driven developments. However, the lack of semantic precision in UML has led to different model-driven approaches proposing their own domain-specific modeling languages in order to introduce their modeling needs. This paper focuses on customizing the UML association in order to facilitate its application in model-driven development environments. To do this, a well-defined process is defined to integrate the abstract syntax of a domain-specific modeling language that supports a precise semantics for the association construct in UML by means of the automatic generation of a UML profile. Finally, a brief example shows how the results obtained by the application of the proposed process can generate software products through a real model compilation tool.
Keywords
UML, Association, Profile, MDD, MDA, DSML