MDSD Glossary
The MDSD glossary explains the most important basic terms regarding model-driven development and serves as orientation guide during the first steps.
- Abstract syntax
- Technology independent part of a domain-specific language, represented by meta models.
- AC-MDSD
- Architecture-Centric MDSD: a specialisation of MDSD, often used for the domain „software architecture“. Covers a domain beginning from the solution space by utilising reference implementations.
- AFAIK
- as far as I know
- Agile Software Development
- A principle for managing the development process with agile technologies.
- AOP
- Aspect-Oriented Software Programming
- AOSD
- Aspect-Oriented Software Development
- API
- Application Programming Interface
- Architecture-Centric MDSD
- See AC-MDSD.
- Aspect-Oriented Software Development
- Development paradigm increasing maintainability of complex system by separated treatment of cross-cutting concerns with aspects.
- BNF
- Backus–Naur Form
- Business use case
- Function for integration of object-specific business logic into an overall system.
- Cartridge
- Modularised generator component which executes a specific task and can be flexibly combined with other components.
- Cascaded MDSD
- Enhancement of AC-MDSD for separation of different generators into modular cartridges. In this context a cascading defines a sequential combination of several cartridges.
- CCC
- Cross-Cutting Concern
- Cheatsheet
- Integrated tutorial with interaction elements for an extended user support.
- CMOF
- Complete MOF
- Concrete syntax
- Textual, structural, graphical or hybrid notations of a domain-specific language. Serves for describing applications in the form of models by the user.
- Constraint
- Rule-like definition in context of a meta class. Serves for validation of models which are based on the corresponding meta model.
- CORBA
- Common Object Request Broker Architecture
- Cross-Cutting Concern
- A function representing a separatable aspect whose implementation affects multiple program parts. A typical example is the logging of errors.
- CSS
- Cascading Style Sheets
- CVS
- Concurrent Version System
- Doctrine
- An ORM layer for PHP, represents the interface between objects in an application and the relational data storage behind it.
- Domain
- A limited area of knowledge or interest, represents a problem space from the real world in most cases.
- Domain analysis
- Process within the meta modeling, cares for finding commonalities and differences between different members of a software system family.
- Domain architecture
- From the area of product line engineering, marks the sum of a domain-specific language and the platform on which the applications realised with it are executed.
- Domain Specific Language
- A language offering precise means for expression for a domain. Contains an abstract syntax as well as concrete notations and transformations for further processing of created models.
- DSL
- Domain Specific Language
- Eclipse Modeling Framework
- Flexible and powerful framework for Ecore-based meta modeling.
- Ecore
- Meta meta model implemented in the Eclipse Modeling Framework, compatible to the Meta Object Facility.
- EJB
- Enterprise Java Beans
- EMF
- Eclipse Modeling Framework
- EMOF
- Essential MOF
- Framework
- Collection of libraries and functions providing a well-defined frame for implementations of a programming language.
- Function point analysis
- Procedure for measuring the functional complexity of a software system.
- Generative software architecture
- Specialisation of a domain architecture for encapsulating technical implementation details in the context of architecture-centric MDSD.
- GMF
- Graphical Modeling Framework
- GMT
- Generative Model Transformer
- Graphical Editing Framework
- Eclipse-based framework for the realisation of concrete notations in the form of graphical editors.
- Graphical Modeling Framework
- Generative bridge between the Eclipse Modeling Framework and the Graphical Editing Framework. Creates graphical editors based on Ecore-based meta models.
- GUI
- Graphical User Interface
- Hook
- Special form of a Zikula application, enriches other components by additional functionality.
- HTH
- hope that helps
- HTML
- Hypertext Markup Language
- IDE
- Integrated Development Environment
- IIRC
- if i remember correctly
- Interceptor
- Special method in PHP which is called automatically on certain events.
- JET
- Java Emitter Templates
- JSF
- Java Server Faces
- JSP
- Java Server Pages
- M2M
- Model-to-Model
- M2T
- Model-to-Text
- MDA
- Model-Driven Architecture
- MDD
- Model-Driven Development
- MDSD
- Model-Driven Software Development
- Meta class
- Instance of a meta model element in the form of a generated class.
- Meta meta model
- Defines possible elements and relations for meta models.
- Meta model
- Abstract syntax of a domain-specific language. Is created based on a meta meta model in the meta modeling process.
- Meta modeling
- Abstract definition of the core concepts of a domain in the form of meta models. Based on findouts in the domain analysis.
- Meta Object Facility
- Standard for meta meta models, adopted by the Object Management Group.
- Model
- A simplifying presentation of structures, functionalities and progress forms. Represents an application in the model-driven software development which is described in an abstract form.
- Model-Based
- In model-based systems models are the „base“ for an application. They serve for documentation and basis for generating a program skeleton.
- Model-Driven
- Model-driven systems use domain-specific languages in order to be able to create software completely from models.
- Model-Driven Architecture
- Standard for the realisation of software systems with a separation of technology independent and dependent parts, defined by the Object Management Group.
- Model-Driven Software Development
- Pragmatic development paradigm for generation of software from models. See also model-driven.
- Module
- The module [moˈduːle] is a building block, in general a part of a bigger system. In informatics it stands for a unit which is assembled by multiple elements and can be exchanged at any time.
- MOF
- Meta Object Facility
- MVC
- Model View Controller
- MWE
- Model Workflow Engine
- oAW
- openArchitectureWare
- Object Constraint Language
- Standard language for the definition of constraints, adapted by the Object Management Group.
- Object Management Group
- Consortium developing different standards for improving interoperability, beside others MDA, UML, Object Constraint Language and Query / View / Transition.
- OCL
- Object Constraint Language
- OMG
- Object Management Group
- ORM
- Object-Relational Mapping
- PDE
- Plugin Development Environment
- Portable Document Format
- PHP
- PHP Hypertext Processor
- PIM
- Platform-Independent Model
- PLE
- Product Line Engineering
- Pointcuts
- Program code parts where aspects can embed the handling of cross-cutting concerns.
- Product line
- A software system family in the context of product line engineering.
- Product Line Engineering
- A principle comparing software development with industrial production processes and aiming on according automations.
- PSM
- Product-Specific Model
- Query / View / Transition
- Standardised language adapted by the Object Meta Group for model-to-model transformations
- QVT
- Query / View / Transition
- RAP
- Rich Ajax Platform
- RCP
- Rich Client Platform
- Reference implementation
- Existing application of a software system family. Used in AC-MDSD for deriving the core concepts of a domain from the solution space.
- Rich Ajax Platform
- Ajax port for SWT elements and other parts of the Rich Client Platform.
- Rich Client Platform
- Generic application framework based on Eclipse. Allows the implementation of portable Java applications.
- SDK
- Software Development Kit
- Software Engineering
- Engineer discipline for systematic improvement of the quality of software systems.
- Software system family
- Collection of several applications whose schematic code parts are based on the same architectural principles.
- SPL
- Standard PHP Library
- Sub domain
- Functional or technical partition of a domain which deals with the representation of specific aspects of a software system.
- SVN
- Subversion
- SWT
- Standard Widget Toolkit
- Symfony
- Framework used by Zikula, de-facto standard in the PHP ecosystem.
- System use case
- See Use case.
- Transformation
- Modification of models leading to other models again or to source code.
- Twig
- Template engine used in Zikula and Symfony for a strict separation of content and presentation.
- UML
- Unified Modeling Language
- Unified Modeling Language
- Standardised language adapted by the Object Management Group for describing software systems with models. The UML works model-based.
- Use case
- An interaction offered by a software system.
- UUID
- Universally Unique Identifier
- XMI
- XML Metadata Interchange
- XML
- Extensible Markup Language
- XML Metadata Interchange
- XML-based file format for interoperable storage of models.
- XP
- Extreme Programming
- XSD
- XML Schema Definition