| Title | Towards an {XMI}–Based Model Interchange Format for Graph Transformation Systems |
| Publication Type | Miscellaneous |
| Year of Publication | 2000 |
| Authors | Varró, D., Varró, G., and Pataricza, A. |
| Date Published | September |
| Publisher | Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Measurement and Information Systems |
| Publication Language | eng |
| Abstract | Tools developed to demonstrate the practical applicability of the mainly theoretical foundations of graph transformation systems are of immense importance. Therefore, the interaction (moreover, integration) of these tools is a major challenge for the graph transformation (GraTra) community in order to increase the efficiency of international (academic or industrial) research. A first step towards integration is a standardized, common model interchange format providing a uniform graph description and rule representation that is capable of handling the most fundamental concepts of graph transformation. A potential candidate is the novel standard the web, the Extensible Markup Language (XML), which allows the interchange of models in a distributed environment (i.e. Internet). In this report, we demonstrate on several examples that a common, XML-based GraTra model interchange format should be constructed from a metamodel following the concepts of the Meta Object Facility standard; XMI (XML Metadata Interchange) is the most suitable XML-based language for such a format; the proposed XMI format can be derived automatically from the corresponding GraTra metamodel. |
| URL | http://www.inf.mit.bme.hu/FTSRG/Publications/varro/2000/GTXL_XMI.pdf |
