On the Appropriateness of Domain-Specific Languages Derived from Different Metamodels

2014 9th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology Pub Date : 2014-09-01 DOI:10.1109/QUATIC.2014.33

I. Rozanc, B. Slivnik

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In model-driven development domain-specific languages (DSL) are often considered models while the description of DSLs are expressed using various metamodels. To estimate the influence of a metamodel on the quality of DSLs derived from it, it is appropriate to measure functional suitability. As defined by the standard ISO/IEC 25010 (SQuaRE), functional suitability consists of completeness, correctness, and appropriateness. Among these issues, only appropriateness can be evaluated without specifying the domain. This paper is a study of a relationship between (a) the metamodel's expressive power regarding the syntax of the DSLs derived from the metamodel and (b) the appropriateness of those DSLs. In this regard two metrics are defined. The first metric evaluates a metamodel and produces the estimation of the derived DSLs' appropriateness. The second metric incorporates the domain and further assesses the quality of a DSL in terms of appropriateness. Both metrics are based on abstract syntax trees of programs written in the derived DSLs, and demonstrated using examples on two different domains.

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论不同元模型派生的领域特定语言的适宜性

在模型驱动的开发中，领域特定语言(DSL)通常被认为是模型，而DSL的描述是使用各种元模型来表示的。为了评估元模型对衍生出的dsl质量的影响，测量功能适宜性是合适的。按照标准ISO/IEC 25010 (SQuaRE)的定义，功能适宜性包括完整性、正确性和适当性。在这些问题中，只有适当性可以在不指定领域的情况下进行评估。本文研究了(a)元模型对衍生出的dsl语法的表达能力和(b)这些dsl的适当性之间的关系。在这方面定义了两个指标。第一个度量评估元模型，并产生派生的dsl适当性的估计。第二个度量结合了领域，并根据适当性进一步评估DSL的质量。这两个指标都基于用派生dsl编写的程序的抽象语法树，并使用两个不同领域的示例进行了演示。

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