Supporting the Linked Data Approach to Maintain Coherence Across Rich EMF Models

• In many development environments, Model-Driven Engineering(MDE) may well be limited to parts of the complete product developmentprocess due to the lack of interoperability mechanisms that connect the productdata across the model-based engineering tools being used. This is especially thecase if the tools are not designed to work tightly together, and/or if they do notshare a common technological basis. In this paper, we investigate the use of theOASIS OSLC interoperability standard to facilitate the integration of modelsfrom different languages into a single coherent view. We evaluate afully-automated code generator that provides OSLC interfaces for EMF-basedmodelling tools, allowing the exposure of modelling elements from any richmodelling language. We argue that such a generator is a critical component forreducing the cost of providing rich and specialized tool interfaces, generallyneeded when integrating modelling tools. The study is based on a case study thataddresses the development process – and the corresponding integrated softwareengineering environment - at Volvo Trucks used when developing a newelectronic architecture including heavy vehicle functions.

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Code generation

EMF

Linked data

Model-driven engineering

OSLC

Tool integration

Tool interoperability

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