Citation
Matthew Emerson, Janos Sztipanovits. "Techniques for Metamodel Composition". OOPSLA – 6th Workshop on Domain Specific Modeling, 123-139, October, 2006.

Abstract
The process of specifying an embedded system involves capturing complex interrelationships between the hardware domain, the software domain, and the engineering domain used to describe the environment in which the system will be embedded. Developers increasingly turn to domain-specific modeling techniques to manage this complexity, through such approaches as Model Integrated Computing and Model Driven Architecture. However, the specification of domain-specific modeling language syntax and semantics remains more of an art than a science. Typically, the syntax of a DSML is captured using a metamodel; however, there are few best-practices for metamodeling and no public collection of reusable metamodel to address common language specification requirements. There is a need for an advanced, comprehensive language design environment that offers tool support for a wide range of metamodel reuse strategies and the preservation of metamodeling best-practices. We outline existing techniques for the reuse and composition of metamodels, and propose a new metamodel composition technique we call Template Instantiation.

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  >Techniques for Metamodel Composition</a>, OOPSLA
  – 6th Workshop on Domain Specific Modeling, 123-139,
  October, 2006.

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  Matthew Emerson, Janos Sztipanovits. "Techniques for
  Metamodel Composition". OOPSLA – 6th Workshop
  on Domain Specific Modeling, 123-139, October, 2006.

• BibTeX

  @inproceedings{EmersonSztipanovits06_TechniquesForMetamodelComposition,
      author = {Matthew Emerson and Janos Sztipanovits},
      title = {Techniques for Metamodel Composition},
      booktitle = {OOPSLA – 6th Workshop on Domain Specific Modeling},
      pages = {123-139},
      month = {October},
      year = {2006},
      abstract = {The process of specifying an embedded system
                involves capturing complex interrelationships
                between the hardware domain, the software domain,
                and the engineering domain used to describe the
                environment in which the system will be embedded.
                Developers increasingly turn to domain-specific
                modeling techniques to manage this complexity,
                through such approaches as Model Integrated
                Computing and Model Driven Architecture. However,
                the specification of domain-specific modeling
                language syntax and semantics remains more of an
                art than a science. Typically, the syntax of a
                DSML is captured using a metamodel; however, there
                are few best-practices for metamodeling and no
                public collection of reusable metamodel to address
                common language specification requirements. There
                is a need for an advanced, comprehensive language
                design environment that offers tool support for a
                wide range of metamodel reuse strategies and the
                preservation of metamodeling best-practices. We
                outline existing techniques for the reuse and
                composition of metamodels, and propose a new
                metamodel composition technique we call Template
                Instantiation.},
      URL = {http://chess.eecs.berkeley.edu/pubs/289.html}
  }
  

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