Transformation from CIM to PIM: A Feature-Oriented Component-Based Approach Export

@incollection{citeulike:2520673, abstract = {Model Transformation is a crucial part of Model-Driven Architecture (MDA). However, most of the current researches only focus on the transformation from PIM to PSM, and pay little attention to the CIM-to-PIM transformation. One of the results is that converting CIM to PIM will depend much on designers\^{a}€™ personal experience or creativity, and thus the quality of PIM can not be well controlled. This paper presents a feature-oriented component-based approach to the CIM-to-PIM transformation. In this approach, features and components are adopted as the key elements of CIM and PIM, respectively. One important characteristic of this approach is that it provides a method to decompose the n-to-n relations between features and components into two groups of 1-to-n relations. The other important characteristic is that this approach proposes a way to create components by clustering responsibilities which are operationalized from features. These two characteristics partially resolve two basic problems related to the CIM-to-PIM transformation: one is the traceability problem between CIM and PIM, the other is the problem of CIM-based PIM construction.}, author = {Zhang, Wei and Mei, Hong and Zhao, Haiyan and Yang, Jie}, citeulike-article-id = {2520673}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11557432_18}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11557432_18}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://dx.doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11557432_18}, doi = {10.1007/11557432_18}, journal = {Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems}, keywords = {cim, component-based, feature, model, pim, transformation}, pages = {248--263}, posted-at = {2009-05-06 11:02:33}, priority = {0}, title = {Transformation from CIM to PIM: A Feature-Oriented Component-Based Approach}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11557432_18}, year = {2005} }

TY - CHAP ID - citeulike:2520673 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2520673 N2 - Model Transformation is a crucial part of Model-Driven Architecture (MDA). However, most of the current researches only focus on the transformation from PIM to PSM, and pay little attention to the CIM-to-PIM transformation. One of the results is that converting CIM to PIM will depend much on designers’ personal experience or creativity, and thus the quality of PIM can not be well controlled. This paper presents a feature-oriented component-based approach to the CIM-to-PIM transformation. In this approach, features and components are adopted as the key elements of CIM and PIM, respectively. One important characteristic of this approach is that it provides a method to decompose the n-to-n relations between features and components into two groups of 1-to-n relations. The other important characteristic is that this approach proposes a way to create components by clustering responsibilities which are operationalized from features. These two characteristics partially resolve two basic problems related to the CIM-to-PIM transformation: one is the traceability problem between CIM and PIM, the other is the problem of CIM-based PIM construction. JF - Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems EP - 263 TI - Transformation from CIM to PIM: A Feature-Oriented Component-Based Approach SP - 248 KW - cim KW - component-based KW - feature KW - model KW - pim KW - transformation AU - Zhang, Wei AU - Mei, Hong AU - Zhao, Haiyan AU - Yang, Jie PY - 2005/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/11557432_18 ER -