The Future of Model Transformation Languages: An Open Community Discussion

By: Loli Burgueño, Jordi Cabot, Sébastien Gérard

Abstract

Model transformations are the key element that brings life to model-driven engineering. Animation, simulations, VV, code-generation, etc. all depend on some kind of model transformation to work. Model transformations are typically defined via specialized model transformation languages but this is now in question due to the lack of convincing evidence that specialised languages are substantially better than general- purpose languages for model transformation specification, and the rise of artificial intelligence. We report on the results of an open discussion with the model transformation community on the future of these languages, including whether such a future exists at all.

Keywords

modeling, model transformation, domain-specific language, survey.

Cite as:

Loli Burgueño, Jordi Cabot, Sébastien Gérard, “The Future of Model Transformation Languages: An Open Community Discussion”, Journal of Object Technology, Volume 18, no. 3 (July 2019), pp. 7:1-11, doi:10.5381/jot.2019.18.3.a7.