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This paper describes a technique for improving separation of concerns at the level of domain modeling. A contribution of this new approach is the construction of support tools that facilitate the elevation of crosscutting modeling concerns to first-class constructs in a type-system. The key idea is the application of a variant of the OMG Object Constraint Language to models that are stored persistently in XML. With this approach, weavers are generated from domain-specific descriptions to assist a modeler in exploring various alternative modeling scenarios. The paper examines several facets of Aspect-Oriented Domain Modeling (AODM), including: domain-specific model weavers, a language to support the concern separation, an overview of code generation issues within a meta-weaver framework, and a comparison between AODM and AOP. An example of the approach is provided, as well as a description of several future concepts for extending the flexibility within AODM.
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Gray, J., Bapty, T., Neema, S., Schmidt, D.C., Gokhale, A., Natarajan, B. (2003). An Approach for Supporting Aspect-Oriented Domain Modeling. In: Pfenning, F., Smaragdakis, Y. (eds) Generative Programming and Component Engineering. GPCE 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2830. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39815-8_10
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