Enabling the Collaborative
Definition of DSMLs
Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo, Jordi Cabot
{javier.canovas,jordi.cabot}@inria.fr
CAiSE Conference
Valencia

Wait!
Let’s make the
presentation more
interesting
Let’s play…
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http://badpresentationbingo.com

Collaboration in
Sofware Engineering
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Collaboration in
DSML development
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No support for DSMLs

what do we need?
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Participation
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Participation
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Providing means to
discuss about language
elements
Overcoming technical
barriers

Collaboration
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Collaboration
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Fostering end-user
discussion
Facilitating voting
processes
Suitable environment

Example
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Abstract Syntax
Concrete Syntax

Participation Collaboration

Participation CollaborationTraceability

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What do we
propose to
get this?

Collaboration DSML DefinitionDecision
Collaboro Process

Collaboration DSML DefinitionDecision

Collaboration DSML DefinitionDecision

Collaboration DSML DefinitionDecision

Collaboration DSML DefinitionDecision

Environment

Environment

Not enough…
• End-users are required to express changes at high-level of abstraction
• Solution: Example-driven collaboration
Engagement is limited
• How to adapt the collaboration protocol?
• Solution: Mechanism to define a democratic process
Collaboration strategies
• What happens with semantics?
• Solution: Mechanisms to make easier the discussion about semantics
Semantics
• What is exactly a good notation?
• Need of experimentation on this field
Good notations

Check it out!
Check it out!
http://code.google.com/a/eclipselabs.org/p/collaboro
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