Version Control of Software Models

Alanen, Marcus; Porres, Iván

doi:10.4018/9781591406211.ch003.ch000

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“…Therefore, this feature is marked as partially supported for RSA. Alanen and Porres (2005) provide little validation support by checking some property characteristics. Overall, most systems do not check if the new, merged version is correct, but therefore an external validator could be applied.…”

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“…Recently, also the support for three-way merging has been implemented. Alanen and Porres (2005) presented one of the first works about model versioning. They introduce metamodel independent algorithms to calculate the differences of two versions of a model artifact, incorporating their common ancestor, and to merge those versions.…”

Section: Survey On Model Versioning Approachesmentioning

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A survey on model versioning approaches

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Seidl

Wimmer

2009

International Journal of Web Information Systems

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Purpose -The purpose of this paper is to provide a feature-based characterization of version control systems (VCSs), providing an overview about the state-of-the-art of versioning systems dedicated to modeling artifacts. Design/methodology/approach -Based on a literature study of existing approaches, a description of the features of versioning systems is established. Special focus is set on three-way merging which is an integral component of optimistic versioning. This characterization is employed on current model versioning systems, which allows the derivation of challenges in this research area. Findings -The results of the evaluation show that several challenges need to be addressed in future developments of VCSs and merging tools in order to allow the parallel development of model artifacts. Practical implications -Making model-driven engineering (MDE) a success requires supporting the parallel development of model artifacts as is done nowadays for text-based artifacts. Therefore, model versioning capabilities are a must for leveraging MDE in practice. Originality/value -The paper gives a comprehensive overview of collaboration features of VCSs for software engineering artifacts in general, discusses the state-of-the-art of systems for model artifacts, and finally, lists urgent challenges, which have to be considered in future model versioning system for realizing MDE in practice.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Survey On Model Versioning Approachesmentioning

confidence: 99%