Presentation at the 5èmes journées sur l'ingénierie dirigée par les modèles (IDM), 2009.03, Nancy, France

1. Model-based DSL Frameworks:
A Simple Graphical
Telecommunications Specific
Modeling Language
Vanea CHIPRIANOV
Yvon KERMARREC

2. Agenda
 Telecommunications Services Issues.
 Model-based DSL Frameworks.
 A Simple Graphical Telecommunications Specific
Modeling Language.
 Conclusions and Future Work.
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3. Telecommunications Services Issues
 Long concept-to-market time.
 Large and complex systems constituted of
services distributed over technological spaces and
vendor domains.
 Numerous interactions between services.
 Lack of computer-aided tools for service
designers.
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4. Towards Solutions
 Preventive, structural design method.
 Reusable computer-based solution capturing
domain-specific knowledge.
 Single, complete, integrated development
environment based on existing state-of-the-art
tools.
 Familiar, easy to use, task-specific modeling
language.
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5. Agenda
 Telecommunications Services Issues.
 Model-based DSL Frameworks.
 A Simple Graphical Telecommunications Specific
Modeling Language.
 Conclusions and Future Work.
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6. Model-based DSL Frameworks
 “Adomain-specific language (DSL) is a
programming language or executable specification
language that offers, through appropriate
notations and abstractions, expressive power
focused on, and usually restricted to, a particular
problem domain.” [DEU 00]
[DEU 00] DEURSEN A. V., KLINT P., VISSER J.,
“Domain-specific Languages: An Annotated
Bibliography”, SIGPLAN Not., vol. 35, 2000, p. 26–36.
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7. Model-based DSL Frameworks
 “A DSL is a set of coordinated models.” [KUR 06]
 Domain Definition Metamodel (DDMM) plays the role
of abstract syntax.
 Transformation model mapping the DDMM onto a
“display surface” metamodel plays the role of
concrete syntax.
 Transformation model mapping the DDMM onto a
general purpose programming language plays the
role of execution semantics.
[KUR 06] KURTEV I., BEZIVIN J., JOUAULT F.,
VALDURIEZ P., “Model-based DSL
Frameworks”, OOPSLA ’06:, 2006, p. 602–616
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8. Agenda
 Telecommunications Services Issues.
 Model-based DSL Frameworks.
 A Simple Graphical Telecommunications Specific
Modeling Language.
 Conclusions and Future Work.
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9. A Simple Graphical Telecommunications
Specific Modeling Language
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10. Agenda
 Telecommunications Services Issues.
 Model-based DSL Frameworks.
 A Simple Graphical Telecommunications Specific
Modeling Language.
 Conclusions and Future Work.
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11. Conclusions
 MDE provides tools allowing for rapid prototyping.
 Possibility to define a graphical syntax.
 Tools still lack some features and are not bug-free.
 While the theoretical concept of model-based DSL
frameworks may be difficult, its application to real
world problems is simple.
 Model-based DSL frameworks allow an iterative,
incremental, gradual definition process.
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12. Future Work
 Develop the DDMM.
 Define a textual concrete syntax to address
service specific complexity.
 Provide the means and support for collaborative
service definition.
 Connect with tools for verifying properties on
models.
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