Model Development Tools (MDT)

The Model Development Tools (MDT) project focuses on big "M" modeling within the Modeling project. Its purpose is twofold:

  1. To provide an implementation of industry standard metamodels.
  2. To provide exemplary tools for developing models based on those metamodels.

The next release of MDT is tentatively scheduled for the end of June 2010 (see Helios New & Noteworthy). For the previous release, see Galileo New & Noteworthy.

Validation (Incubation) PhaseMST

MST is an open source sub-project of the Model Development Tools (MDT) project to provide tooling for the development of MOFTM-compliant metamodels and specifications based on them.

The goals of the MST project are to

  • leverage the CMOF (de)serialization support that was introduced in the UML2 project as part of the Ganymede release
  • customize and/or extend the existing (or forthcoming) UMLTM editors (primarily for class and package/profile diagrams) to expose CMOF concepts which are missing in UML (like identifiers, namespace URIs, and XMITM tags)
  • provide a mechanism for generating a specification document (or at least a decent boiler plate for one) directly from a metamodel using BIRT
  • automate the mapping between a metamodel and its profile representation (if there is one)
  • make use of the Eclipse Process Framework (EPF) to document and coordinate the specification development process
  • provide a proof of concept for changes and/or extensions to EMF and/or UML2 to better support richer and evolving metamodels, as per the MOF Support for Semantic Structures RFP

For more details on MST, see the Wiki.

  • Downloads coming soon!

Validation (Incubation) PhaseBPMN2

BPMN2 is an open source component of the Model Development Tools (MDT) subproject to provide a metamodel implementation based on the forthcoming Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) 2.0 OMG specification.

Validation (Incubation) PhaseIMM

IMM is an open source component of the Model Development Tools (MDT) subproject to provide metamodel/profile implementations based on the forthcoming Information Management Metamodel (IMM) OMG specification.

OCL

OCL is an implementation of the Object Constraint Language (OCL) OMG standard for EMF-based models.

Validation (Incubation) PhasePapyrus

Papyrus is an open source component of the Model Development Tools (MDT) subproject to provide an integrated, user-consumable environment for editing models based on UML and other related languages such as SysML.

Validation (Incubation) PhaseSBVR

SBVR provides a metamodel implementation and sample tools based on the adopted Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules (SBVR) OMG specification.

UML2

UML2 is an EMF-based implementation of the UMLTM 2.x metamodel for the Eclipse platform.

Validation (Incubation) PhaseUML2 Tools

UML2 Tools is a set of GMF-based editors for viewing and editing UML models; it is focused on (eventual) automatic generation of editors for all UML diagram types.

XSD

XSD is a library that provides an API for manipulating the components of an XML Schema as described by the W3C XML Schema specifications, as well as an API for manipulating the DOM-accessible representation of XML.

Incubation

Some components are currently in their Validation (Incubation) Phase.

News

Oct 8th, 2008 - The EODM component has been terminated; see the Termination Review slides for details.

Oct 8th, 2008 - The OCL Tools component has been terminated; see the Termination Review slides for details.

Oct 1st, 2008 - Check out what's new in the Galileo M2 milestone of the OCL subcompoject.

May 13th, 2008 - A new Papyrus component has been proposed.

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