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International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems

MODELS 2005: Satellite Events at the MoDELS 2005 Conference pp 169–181Cite as

sNets: A First Generation Model Engineering Platform

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As we are currently improving AMMA (the ATLAS Model Management Architecture), a second generation model engineering platform installed on top of the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF), we borrow inspiration from a previous work undertaken fifteen years ago at the University of Nantes. This initial model-engineering platform named sNets (for Semantic Networks) included several functional blocks like the sMachine, the sBrowser, the sQuery, the sAction system, etc. Several parts of these tools are still in use today. At a time when we are defining the main architectural style of the new platform, it may be helpful to come back on the initial learning of this project. This paper describes the sNets project and summarizes some lessons learnt in the course of the design and utilization of this first generation modeling framework.

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Bézivin, J. (2006). sNets: A First Generation Model Engineering Platform. In: Bruel, JM. (eds) Satellite Events at the MoDELS 2005 Conference. MODELS 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3844. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11663430_18

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