A brief overview Owen Evans, Developer, Xero

What is modelling Abstraction Common “language” Communication The History of Modelling

What is modelling

Abstraction

Common “language”

Communication

The History of Modelling

A Set of Tools: “ M” language Models Grammar Repository Central store of models “ Quadrant” Graphical and Text editor for Models

A Set of Tools:

“ M” language

Models

Grammar

Repository

Central store of models

“ Quadrant”

Graphical and Text editor for Models

Not a full blown language Not Object oriented For use only in the modelling domain Models and Grammar Models come in many types Data Model Process/Workflow model IT infrastructure model All just Metadata

Not a full blown language

Not Object oriented

For use only in the modelling domain

Models and Grammar

Models come in many types

Data Model

Process/Workflow model

IT infrastructure model

All just Metadata

Textual DSL MGrammar Specification Resulting Syntax Tree

One single environment for all stakeholders BAs Developers Architects Provides a customisable interface to models View and Edit Views can be customised to fit domain Primary interface for less technical users to edit models

One single environment for all stakeholders

BAs

Developers

Architects

Provides a customisable interface to models

View and Edit

Views can be customised to fit domain

Primary interface for less technical users to edit models

Customisable specific views Model View Context Menu Model Explorer

Centralised Storage for Models Yes it’s built on SQL Server Convention for model storage Based on Schemas So if you LIKE SQL you don’t even need to us “M”

Centralised Storage for Models

Yes it’s built on SQL Server

Convention for model storage

Based on Schemas

So if you LIKE SQL you don’t even need to us “M”

Model Driven Development Access to models from future Runtimes “ Dublin” will be first runtime built on top of OSLO

Model Driven Development

Access to models from future Runtimes

“ Dublin” will be first runtime built on top of OSLO

Oslo developer centre http://msdn.microsoft.com/oslo/ Douglas Purdy http://douglaspurdy.com Oslo team blog http://blogs.msdn.com/mlanguage Slides http://www.bgeek.net

Oslo developer centre http://msdn.microsoft.com/oslo/

Douglas Purdy http://douglaspurdy.com

Oslo team blog http://blogs.msdn.com/mlanguage

Slides http://www.bgeek.net