Modelling languages quality evaluation by taxonomic analysis: a preliminary proposal
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The Model-Driven Engineering (mde) paradigm promotes the usage of conceptual models in information systems (is) engineering and research. As engineering products, conceptual models must have quality, which applies on both conceptual models and modeling language employed to build them. This paper presents a modeling language quality evaluation framework. This framework uses the principles from the popular Zachman framework for information systems as a taxonomic tool applied over modeling rtifacts used in an information system development. The purpose of this taxonomic tool is to perform analytic procedures that are aligned with an is reference architecture and ontological reasoning. Throughout this work, we describe how the Zachman framework supports analytics over modeling languages for quality purposes by its native management of semantics.
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Giraldo, F. D., España, S., Giraldo, W. J., & Pastor, O. (2015). Modelling languages quality evaluation by taxonomic analysis: a preliminary proposal. Revista Ingenierías Universidad De Medellín, 15(29), 159–172. https://doi.org/10.22395/rium.v15n29a10
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[11] ISO/IEC/IEEE systems and software engineering – architecture description,' ISO/IEC/IEEE 42010:2011(E) (Revision of ISO/IEC 42010:2007 and IEEE Std 1471-2000), pp. 1–46, Dec 2011.
[12] D. Harel and B. Rumpe, 'Meaningful modeling: What’s the semantics of 'semantics'?' Computer, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 64–72, Oct. 2004. [Online]. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MC.2004.172
[13] Bernhard Thalheim. The theory of conceptual models, the theory of conceptual modelling and foundations of conceptual modelling. In David W. Embley and Bernhard Thalheim, editors, Handbook of Conceptual Modeling, pages 543-577.Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011.
[14] Bernhard Thalheim. Syntax, semantics and pragmatics of conceptual modelling. In Gosse Bouma, Ashwin Ittoo, Elisabeth Mtais, and Hans Wortmann, editors, Natural Language Processing and Information Systems, volume 7337 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 1{10. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
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[16] Ana I. Molina, William J. Giraldo, Manuel Ortega, Miguel A. Redondo, and César A. Collazos. Model-driven development of interactive groupware systems: Integration into the software development process. Science of Computer Programming, 89, Part C(0):320-349, 2014.
[17] Keng Siau and Matti Rossi. Evaluation of information modeling methods - a review. In HICSS (5), pages 314{322, 1998.
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