by Alexander Egyed
Abstract:
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) supports a wide range of diagrams for modeling software development concerns. UML diagrams are independent but connected; their meta-model describes them under a common roof. Despite the advances of UML, we found that the problem of ensuring consistency between UML diagrams has not been solved. In the past years, we have developed an approach for automated consistency checking, called VIEWINTEGRA. Our approach provides excellent support for active (preventive) and passive (detective) consistency checking. We make use of consistent transformation to translate diagrams into interpretations and we use consistency comparison to compare those interpretations to other diagrams. Our approach was applied to a number of applications where we found the separation of transformation and comparison to be highly beneficial in addressing consistency-checking scalability & usability issues. This paper introduces our UML-based transformation framework, discusses how it aids comparison, and demonstrates how it improves consistency checking.
Reference:
Scalable Consistency Checking Between Diagrams-The ViewIntegra Approach. (Alexander Egyed), In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2001), Cocoa Beach, Florida, 2001.
Bibtex Entry:
@Conference{DBLP:conf/kbse/Egyed01,
author = {Alexander Egyed},
title = {Scalable Consistency Checking Between Diagrams-The ViewIntegra Approach.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2001), Cocoa Beach, Florida},
year = {2001},
pages = {387-390},
abstract = {The Unified Modeling Language (UML) supports a wide range of diagrams
for modeling software development concerns. UML diagrams are independent
but connected; their meta-model describes them under a common roof.
Despite the advances of UML, we found that the problem of ensuring
consistency between UML diagrams has not been solved. In the past
years, we have developed an approach for automated consistency checking,
called VIEWINTEGRA. Our approach provides excellent support for active
(preventive) and passive (detective) consistency checking. We make
use of consistent transformation to translate diagrams into interpretations
and we use consistency comparison to compare those interpretations
to other diagrams. Our approach was applied to a number of applications
where we found the separation of transformation and comparison to
be highly beneficial in addressing consistency-checking scalability
& usability issues. This paper introduces our UML-based transformation
framework, discusses how it aids comparison, and demonstrates how
it improves consistency checking.},
file = {:Conferences\\ASE 2001 - Scalable Consistency Checking between Diagrams - The ViewIntegra Approach\\Scalable Consistency Checking between Diagrams – The VIEWINTEGRA Approach-preprint.pdf:PDF},
keywords = {},
url = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ASE.2001.989835},
}