MDA Intro

MDA ⌘

• Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is a software design approach
• specification is expressed as computer model
• created by OMG in 2001
• http://www.omg.org/mda/

MDA Process ⌘

MDA Process ⌘

• Define system functionality using a platform-independent model (PIM)
  • domain-specific language DSL
  • e.g. UML, BPMN, SoaML, etc...
• Translate PIM to one or more executable platform-specific model(s) (PSMs)
  • uses different DSLs (e.g. MVEL)
  • or programming languages (e.g Java, C#, etc...)
• Transformation is done by automated tool

Related Standards ⌘

• The Meta Object Facility (MOF)
  • http://www.omg.org/mof/
• The Unified Modeling Language (UML)
  • http://www.omg.org/spec/UML/Current/
• The Common Warehouse Metamodel (CWM)
  • http://www.omg.org/spec/CWM/