Evolving the ETSI Test Description Language

Makedonski, Philip; Adamis, Gusztáv; Käärik, Martti; Kristoffersen, Finn; Zeitoun, Xavier

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-46613-2_8

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“…The Test Description Language (TDL) [6] is a new DSL [32,55] for the design and specification of test descriptions. Its development and standardization is driven by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).…”

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On the automation-supported derivation of domain-specific UML profiles considering static semantics

Kraas

2021

Softw Syst Model

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In the light of standardization, the model-driven engineering (MDE) is becoming increasingly important for the development of DSLs, in addition to traditional approaches based on grammar formalisms. Metamodels define the abstract syntax and static semantics of a DSL and can be created by using the language concepts of the Meta Object Facility (MOF) or by defining a UML profile.Both metamodels and UML profiles are often provided for standardized DSLs, and the mappings of metamodels to UML profiles are usually specified informally in natural language, which also applies for the static semantics of metamodels and/or UML profiles, which has the disadvantage that ambiguities can occur, and that the static semantics must be manually translated into a machine-processable language.To address these weaknesses, we propose a new automated approach for deriving a UML profile from the metamodel of a DSL. One novelty is that subsetting or redefining metaclass attributes are mapped to stereotype attributes whose values are computed at runtime via automatically created OCL expressions. The automatic transfer of the static semantics of a DSL to a UML profile is a further contribution of our approach. Our DSL Metamodeling and Derivation Toolchain (DSL-MeDeTo) implements all aspects of our proposed approach in Eclipse. This enabled us to successfully apply our approach to the two DSLs Test Description Language (TDL) and Specification and Description Language (SDL).

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Section: Running Examplementioning

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On the automation-supported derivation of domain-specific UML profiles considering static semantics

Kraas

2021

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“…We have selected the Test Description Language (TDL) [39] as an exemplary DSL to conduct our first case study. TDL is a new and standardized DSL [100,148] for the design and specification of test descriptions. The development and standardization of the language is driven by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI).…”

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On the Automated Derivation of Domain-Specific UML Profiles

Kraas

2017

Modelling Foundations and Applications

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Similar to general-purpose languages, domain-specific languages (DSL) can be developed based on grammar formalisms, the model-driven engineering (MDE) is also becoming more and more important for the development of DSLs. On the one hand, metamodels can be used to define the syntax and semantics of DSLs. On the other hand, a DSL can be realized by adapting the Unified Modeling Language (UML) via the profiling mechanism, i.e., by defining a UML profile. For example, metamodels for a DSL can be created with the language concepts provided by the Meta Object Facility (MOF), distinguishing between the Essential MOF (EMOF) and the Complete MOF (CMOF). The latter variant is based on the EMOF but provides additional language concepts. A higher degree of abstraction and reuse of existing metamodels can be achieved by employing the language concepts provided by CMOF, which can be advantageous for the creation of more complex DSLs. IITo verify and evaluate the presented derivation approach, we have implemented a toolchain that we used to conduct two case studies on the Specification and Description Language (SDL) and the Test Description Language (TDL).IV formationen validiert werden. Neben neu zu entwickelnden DSLs ermöglicht unser Ansatz auch eine Migration bestehender Grammatik-basierter DSLs zu CMOFbasierten Metamodellen, sofern Syntaxregeln existieren.Um den vorgestellten Ableitungsansatz zu überprüfen und zu bewerten, wurde eine Werkzeugkette implementiert, mit der zwei Fallstudien für die Specification and Description Language (SDL) und die Test Description Language (TDL) durchgeführt wurden.

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