Guideline for the definition of EMF metamodels using an Entity-Relationship approach

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1217-1230

  García Magariño, Iván ^a   Fuentes Fernández, Rubén ^a   Gómez Sanz, Jorge J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Eclipse Modeling Framework; ECore; Entity Relationship; Metamodels; Model Driven Development

Indexed keywords

ECLIPSE MODELING FRAMEWORK; ECORE; ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP; METAMODELS; MODEL-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT;

QUERY LANGUAGES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 67349218362     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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