CfP: 5th OOPSLA Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling

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The 5th OOPSLA Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling

October 17, 2005

San Diego, California, USA

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Call for Position Papers:

Domain-Specific Modeling raises the level of abstraction beyond

programming by specifying the solution directly using domain

concepts. In many cases, final products can be automatically

generated from these high-level specifications. This automation is

possible because both the language and generators need fit the

requirements of only one company and domain.

Industrial experiences of DSM consistently show it to be 5-10 times

faster than current practices, including current UML-based

implementations of MDA. As Booch et al. say* "the full value of MDA

is only achieved when the modeling concepts map directly to domain

concepts rather than computer technology concepts." For example, DSM

for cell phone software would have concepts like "Soft key button",

"SMS" and "Ring tone", and generators to create calls to

corresponding code components.

More investigation is still needed in order to advance the acceptance and viability of domain-specific modeling. This workshop

welcomes position papers describing new ideas at either a practical

or theoretical level. On the practical side, we are interested in

submissions dealing with application of modeling techniques within a

specific domain. In addition to industrial projects, we seek initial

descriptions of research ideas that initiate and forward the

technical underpinnings of domain-specific modeling. In particular,

the importance of metamodeling is highlighted in this workshop.

Metamodeling significantly eases the implementation of domain-

Specific languages and provides support for experimenting with the

modeling language as it is built (thus, metamodel-based language

definition also assists in the task of constructing generators that

reduce the burden of tool creation and maintenance).

Suggested topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to:

- Tools for supporting domain-specific modeling (DSM)

- Metamodeling frameworks and languages

- Comparison and analysis of model-driven development approaches

- Principles for identifying constructs for DSM languages

- Industry/academic experience reports describing success/failure

in using domain-specific modeling

- Novel approaches for code generation from domain-specific models

- Approaches to implement domain-specific modeling languages

- Issues of support/maintenance of models and evolution of DSM

language in accordance with the representative domain

- Version control techniques for DSMs

- Specific domains where this technology can be most productive in

the future (e.g., embedded systems, product family domains or

systems with multiple implementation platforms)

- Techniques for supporting model interchange between tools

- Relationships between ontologies and metamodels

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Important Dates:

Initial submission: August 1, 2005

Author Notification: (1 week prior to Early Registration deadline)

Final version: October 1, 2005

Workshop: October 17, 2005

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Submission Information:

Admission to the workshop will be extended to those who have

submitted a relevant position paper. Each position paper will be

reviewed by the Program Committee and invitations to attend the

workshop will then be issued based upon the evaluation of the

position paper.

Position papers should be approximately 4 to 8 pages and should be

submitted by August 1, 2005. Contributions should be sent as a PDF

or Word file via email to snipped-for-privacy@metacase.com. Notification of

acceptance will be sent 1 week prior to the Early Registration

deadline, based on the evaluation of the contribution by members of

the program committee.

The accepted papers will be published in the printed proceedings and

posted on the workshop web site.

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Additional Information:

Additional information about the workshop is available at the

workshop web site, including the anticipated workshop format, the

pre/post workshop activities, and links to the previous DSM

workshops at OOPSLA. The web page is at:

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Program Committee:

Pierre America, Philips

Philip T. Cox, Dalhousie University

Krzysztof Czarnecki, University of Waterloo

Andy Evans, Xactium

Jeff Gray, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Jack Greenfield, Microsoft

Steven Kelly, MetaCase

Jürgen Kerstna, St. Jude Medical

Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University

Pentti Marttiin, Nokia

Birger Møller-Pedersen, University of Oslo

David Oglesby, Honeywell

Matti Rossi, Helsinki School of Economics

Jonathan Sprinkle, University of California, Berkeley

Juha-Pekka Tolvanen, MetaCase

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Organizing Committee:

Juha-Pekka Tolvanen, MetaCase

Jonathan Sprinkle, University of California, Berkeley

Matti Rossi, Helsinki School of Economics

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Bran Selic, MDA Journal, May 2004

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