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Model-Driven Design of Distributed Applications

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On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2004: OTM 2004 Workshops (OTM 2004)

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The objective of the Ph.D. work discussed in this paper is to define a methodology for the design of distributed applications, in line with the Model-Driven Architecture (MDA). An important characteristic of this methodology is that it leads to models of distributed applications that withstand the impact of change in (middleware) platform technologies. These models are organized into different levels of platform-independence that are defined using the notion of abstract platform. An abstract platform is an abstraction of infrastructure characteristics assumed for models of an application at some point of (the platform-independent phase of) the design process. We aim at providing methodological guidelines for the definition of abstract platforms and their representations in modelling languages.

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  1. Centre for Telematics and Information Technology, University of Twente, PO Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

    João Paulo A. Almeida

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  1. Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), STARLab, Bldg G/10, Pleinlaan 2, 1050, Brussels, Belgium

    Robert Meersman

  2. School of Computer Science and Information Technology, RMIT University, Bld 10.10, 376-392 Swanston Street, 3001, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Zahir Tari

  3. PrismTech, 4, Rue Angiboust, 91460, Marcoussis, France

    Angelo Corsaro

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Almeida, J.P.A. (2004). Model-Driven Design of Distributed Applications. In: Meersman, R., Tari, Z., Corsaro, A. (eds) On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2004: OTM 2004 Workshops. OTM 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3292. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30470-8_99

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