workshops

monday

25

Model Engineering, Methods and Tools Integration with CDIF

convention centre room 9

The issue of interoperability between different object (or non-object) models used in the software development cycle is becoming critical. In order to cope with the increasing number and variety of involved models (analysis, design, business, requirement,?), we need some kind of unifying framework and CDIF is probably one of the most promising among the currently available solutions. Bridges have been designed to facilitate the correspondence between CDIF and many other formalisms like UML, STEP/EXPRESS, etc. We intend to provide a forum for exchange of ideas and experience in the domains of model construction, model transformation, model integration, model verification and other forms of model engineering.

Focus will be put on the mechanics of interoperability between object models (for example analysis, design and programming models). Any proposal related to CDIF or similar model engineering formalisms are welcome. The following non exhaustive list is representative of the topics that will be discussed at the workshop:

• Architecture of meta-models,
• CDIF support for Domain modeling,
• BPR,
• Workflow,
• Requirement Engineering, etc.,
• Norms and standards in the OO software development process,
• Modularity concepts in modeling,
• Knowledge management,
• Interoperability issues in model engineering (e.g. alignment techniques),
• Relations between different formalisms (e.g. CDIF, STEP/EXPRESS, KIF, Conceptual Graphs,?)
• Representation of spatial and temporal aspects,
• Object ontologies,
• Enterprise models,
• Practical experience with CDIF and other model engineering tools,
• New support for presentation and transfer (XML, etc.),
• Joint or independent expression for products and processes,
• Repositories and Metadata systems,
• Alternative solutions to CDIF for model engineering,

Organizers:

Jean Bézivin, Laboratoire de Recherche en Sciences de Gestion, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Nantes
Email: Jean.Bezivin@Sciences.Univ-Nantes.fr  

Johannes Ernst, Aviatis Corp.
Woody Pidcock, Boeing Company