Werner Esswein, Andreas Gehlert, Grit Seiffert. Towards a Framework for Model Migration. In Anne Persson, Janis Stirna, editors, Advanced Information Systems Engineering, 16th International Conference, CAiSE 2004, Riga, Latvia, June 7-11, 2004, Proceedings. Volume 3084 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 463-476, Springer, 2004. [doi]
Model migration is needed to transform a model from one modelling language to another to reuse these models and thus, to reduce the costs of building new models. This topic has received much attention mainly because of the OMGs MDA initiative. However, these approaches are tailored to transform design models. In this paper, we argue that this approach cannot be applied to the field of domain modelling. Therefore, we propose a theoretical framework for model migration, which extends the existing approaches adding a role and a process model to satisfy the requirements of model migrations in a material problem domain.s MDA initiative. However, these approaches are tailored to transform design models. In this paper, we argue that this approach cannot be applied to the field of domain modelling. Therefore, we propose a theoretical framework for model migration, which extends the existing approaches adding a role and a process model to satisfy the requirements of model migrations in a material problem domain.