The popularization of both Software Language
Engineering (SLE) and Model Driven Engineering (MDE) as well
as the increasing complexity of systems induce new
implementation practices. Indeed, many teams of experts
collaborate to implement a same system. Every team uses her own
domain specific modeling language (DSML) to represent her
concerns. Consequently, by the end of the modelling phase, we get
many heterogeneous models elaborated using different DSMLs.
These models need to be composed to get a whole view of systems,
to be able to validate and simulate behaviors. However, many
recent researches choose to compose modelling languages rather
than models themselves, but until now there are no standard or
generic techniques for that. Although, MDE and SLE provide
tools and concepts for modeling, customizing and processing
business concepts as single activities, in contrast they provide little
support for coordinating between these activities. In this paper,
authors propose an interface-based approach to coordinate
DSMLS in order to compose and coordinate their respective
models. They began by giving generic guidelines of DSMLs
specification and composition aspects. Then, they introduce
IDFML a Meta language for defining both DSMLs interfaces and
coordination. Actually, the proposed Meta language gives a
metamodeling background to coordination which enables to
benefit from MDE tools and techniques. They finally demonstrate
the applicability of the approach using a Connected Indoor
Transport Service System to conclude by summarizing benefits of
the proposed Methodology
Model-driven engineering with domain-specific meta-modelling languages
