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OSS tools in a heterogeneous environment for embedded systems modelling: an analysis of adoptions of XMI

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ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, Volume 30, Issue 4

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https://doi.org/10.1145/1082983.1083267

Published: 17 May 2005 Publication History

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The development and maintenance of UML models is an inherently distributed activity, where distribution may be geographical, temporal or both. It is therefore increasingly important to be able to interchange model information between tools - whether in a tool chain, for legacy reasons or because of the natural heterogeneity resulting from distributed development contexts. In this study we consider the current utility of XMI interchange for supporting OSS tool adoption to complement other tools in an embedded systems development context. We find that the current state of play is disappointing, and speculate that the problem lies both with the open standards and the way in which they are being supported and interpreted. There is a challenge here for the OSS community to take a lead as tool vendors gear up for XMI 2.0.

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Lundell BLings BSyberfeldt A(2011)Practitioner perceptions of Open Source software in the embedded systems areaJournal of Systems and Software10.1016/j.jss.2011.03.02084:9(1540-1549)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.jss.2011.03.020
Elaasar MLabiche Y(2012)Model interchange testingProceedings of the 8th European conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications10.1007/978-3-642-31491-9_6(49-61)Online publication date: 2-Jul-2012
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Ferrández APeral J(2010)The benefits of the interaction between data warehouses and question answeringProceedings of the 2010 EDBT/ICDT Workshops10.1145/1754239.1754256(1-8)Online publication date: 22-Mar-2010
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OSS tools in a heterogeneous environment for embedded systems modelling: an analysis of adoptions of XMI
1. Software and its engineering
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        Software design techniques
    2. Software development process management
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cover image ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes

ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes Volume 30, Issue 4

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ISSN:0163-5948

DOI:10.1145/1082983

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5-WOSSE: Proceedings of the fifth workshop on Open source software engineering
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Lundell BLings BSyberfeldt A(2011)Practitioner perceptions of Open Source software in the embedded systems areaJournal of Systems and Software10.1016/j.jss.2011.03.02084:9(1540-1549)Online publication date: 1-Sep-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.jss.2011.03.020
Elaasar MLabiche Y(2012)Model interchange testingProceedings of the 8th European conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications10.1007/978-3-642-31491-9_6(49-61)Online publication date: 2-Jul-2012
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-642-31491-9_6
Ferrández APeral J(2010)The benefits of the interaction between data warehouses and question answeringProceedings of the 2010 EDBT/ICDT Workshops10.1145/1754239.1754256(1-8)Online publication date: 22-Mar-2010
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