OOPSLA workshop on Domain-Specific Visual Languages 1

http://www.cis.uab.edu/info/OOPSLA-DSVL2/

Juha-Pekka Tolvanen, Jeff Gray, Matti Rossi

2nd Workshop on Domain-Specific Visual

Languages

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Objectives

Intensive collaborative sessions Attempt to solve challenging problems facing

DSVLs Establish collective plans of action Have something to report to OOPSLA

community Have fun!

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About submissions

13 submissions 35 authors All papers were accepted!

– printed in the workshop proceedings

23 participants Papers divided into four groups

1. DSVL Creation – Theory and Practice2. DSVL Examples3. Tools for DSVLs4. DSVL Introduction and Evolution

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Program committee

Papers reviews by PC members Pierre America, Philips Philip T. Cox, Dalhousie University Krzysztof Czarnecki, Daimler/Chrysler Jeff Gray, University of Alabama at Birmingham Steven Kelly, MetaCase Consulting Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University David Oglesby, Honeywell Jyrki Okkonen, Nokia Matti Rossi, Helsinki School of Economics Juha-Pekka Tolvanen, MetaCase Consulting Sharon White, University of Houston

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Schedule and format

8:30 Introduction

8:50 DSVL framework

9:10 DSVL demonstrations, 4 demos

Break (coffee available 10:00-10:30)

10:30 Paper presentations, 2 papers

11:30 Organizing groups

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Group work

Break (coffee available 3:00-3:30)

4:00 Group reports

4:30 General discussion and wrap-up

5:00 Workshop ends

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DSVL framework

Present DSVLs in wider context– Research– Practice

Outline framework integrating research areas– What areas are there– Concerns in areas– How areas are related

Suggest common vocabulary for workshop

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DSVL demonstrations

To have concrete examples Common outline

– Why the DSVL was developed?– How it works?– How it was developed?– Example of the outcome and/or demo

4 demos1. Model transformation, Jon Sprinkle, Gabor Karsai2. SIM toolkit, Carsten Schmidt 3. Different examples, J-P Tolvanen 4. Arcus, Thomas Tensi

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Paper presentations

1. DSVL Creation – Theory and Practice– On the Role of Domain Ontologies in the

Design of Domain-Specific Visual Modeling Languages• Giancarlo Guizzardi, Luis Ferreira Pires, Marten J.

van Sinderen

2. Tools for DSVLs– Toward Next Generation Metamodeling Tools

• Kirk Schloegel, David Oglesby, Eric Engstrom

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Working groups

Focus on a specific topic Three parallel groups

1. DSVL Creation – Theory and Practice2. Tools for DSVLs3. DSVL Introduction and Evolution

The goal of those groups is to – establish theoretical background– summarise past experience– investigate most interesting approaches– identify future research topics

Groups present their results for discussion

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Publishing results

Poster in OOPSLA 2002– Spreading the word– Presented in Welcome Reception – Visible in Exhibition Hall during conference

Workshop web-site– http://www.cis.uab.edu/info/OOPSLA-DSVL2/– Papers– Presentations– Workgroup results– Photos