Addressing the need for strict meta-modeling in practice - A case study of AUTOSAR

• Meta-modeling has been a topic of interest in the modeling community for many years, yielding substantial number of papers describing its theoretical concepts. Many of them are aiming to solve the problem of traditional UML based domain-specific meta-modeling related to its non-compliance to the strict meta-modeling principle, such as the deep meta-modeling approach. In this paper, we show the practical use of meta-models in the automotive development process based on AUTOSAR and visualize places in the AUTOSAR metamodel which are broken according to the strict meta-modeling principle. We then explain how the AUTOSAR meta-modeling environment can be re-worked in order to comply to this principle by applying three individual approaches, each one combined with the concept of Orthogonal Classification Architecture: UML extension, prototypical pattern and deep instantiation. Finally we discuss the applicability of these approaches in practice and contrast the identified issues with the actual problems faced by the automotive meta-modeling practitioners. Our objective is to bridge the current gap between the theoretical and practical concerns in meta-modeling. © Copyright 2016 by SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, Lda. All rights reserved.

Ämnesord

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Datavetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Computer Sciences (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Programvaruteknik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Software Engineering (hsv//eng)

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AUTOSAR

Deep Meta-modeling

Domain-specific Meta-modeling

Strict Meta-modeling Principle

Engineering

Industrial engineering

Automotive development

Domain specific

Meta model

Meta-model approach

Model communities

Non-compliance

Prototypical patterns

Software design

AUTOSAR; Deep Meta-modeling; Domain-specific Meta-modeling; Strict Meta-modeling Principle

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