> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Marcos Didonet Del Fabro <
marcos.ddf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 2:34 PM
> Subject: Migration of GMT/
AMW component
> To: Frederic Jouault <
frederic.jouault@xxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am the current lead of the
AMW component (AtlanMod Model Weaver),
> which is hosted under the GMT project.
>
> The purpose of
AMW is to enable establishing links between model
> elements, which can be used in a variety of applications
> (
http://www.eclipse.org/gmt/amw/usecases/). These links are stored in
> a weaving model. One of the most common use case is to establish
> declarative relationships (links) between model elements, manually or
> semi-automatically (this is called matching). These links are used to
> generate transformation models, for instance, in ATL.
>
> Since the GMT project will be deactivated in the future, I am
> searching for a new place to host
AMW and I think the most appropriate
> place to migrate
AMW is as a component under the M2M project, since
>
AMW enables relating 2 (or more) models, but it is not only related to
> model transformation. In addition, there are two projects (Operational
> QVT and ATL) that could be used together with
AMW (it already works
> with ATL).
>
> The
AMW component has been activated in 2005 and it has always had a
> user community. The interest about model weaving has recently
> increased, since model transformations are starting to have mature
> solutions and people are realizing that sometimes they need more than
> just model transformations. For instance, this interest is
> demonstrated by two recent works that has been published in top
> conferences:
>
> - Supporting Model-Driven Development of Object-Relational Database
> Schemas: a Case Study. Juan M. Vara, Belén Vela, Verónica Bollati &
> Esperanza Marcos. Theory and Practice of Model Transformations.
> LNCS-5563 (Springer Verlag). ICMT 2009, Zurich, Switzerland.
> - Davide Di Ruscio, Ivano Malavolta, Henry Muccini, Patrizio
> Pelliccione, and Alfonso Pierantonio, Developing next generation ADLs
> through MDE techniques, In ICSE 2010, Cape Town - South Africa
>
> With respect to the resources allocated to the project, in 2007 I have
> moved to the industry (IBM) and I didn't had resources to improve the
> tool. However, I have always supported the users through the
> newsgroup. I have recently changed jobs to work in the University of
> Parana', Brazil, and now I am able to allocate some resources to
> improve the tool. In addition, some guys that worked on the papers
> above (from University of Rey Juan Carlos and University of l'Aquila)
> are willing to collaborate as well.
>
> Could you give your position about my request of migration of
AMW to
> the M2M project?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marcos.
>
>
http://www.inf.ufpr.br/didonet/
> Assistant professor
> Centro Politecnico - Departamento de Informatica
> Federal University of Parana', Curitiba, Brazil
>
