Device, system and method for accelerated modeling

• US 20070180424A1
• Filed: 03/02/2005
• Published: 08/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Metaphor Vision, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Metaphor Vision, Ltd.
• Inventors: Kazakov, Michael, Kazakov, Evgeny, Peleg, Eran
• Granted Patent: US 7,823,120 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/104
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/10 Requirements analysis; Specification techniques

Abstract

Briefly, embodiments of the invention provide, for example, devices, systems and methods for accelerated modeling. A method may include, for example, defining a domain-specific language (100) usable in a modeling environment (700) and having a dynamic component and a static component, the dynamic component able to affect a behavior of the static component.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

defining a domain-specific language usable in a modeling environment and having a dynamic component and a static component, said dynamic component able to affect a behavior of said static component.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein defining said domain-specific language comprises:

defining said dynamic component and said static component in accordance with Unified Modeling Language constructs and semantics.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein defining said domain-specific language comprises:

defining a customized Unified Modeling Language meta-modeling profile which supports definitions of said dynamic component and said static component.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein defining said domain-specific language comprises:

defining said domain-specific language based on custom meta-modeling constructs, said constructs in accordance with a Unified Modeling Language meta-modeling profile and defining said dynamic component and said static component.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein defining said domain-specific language comprises:

importing a definition of an element of said domain-specific language from a previously-defined domain-specific language.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein defining said domain-specific language comprises:

validating said domain-specific language in accordance with a validation rule defined in a meta-modeling language.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein defining said domain-specific language comprises:

generating an eXtensible Markup Language output representing at least one definition of said domain-specific language.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein defining said domain-specific language comprises:

defining a custom action available for execution, on an element of an application model compliant with said domain-specific language, in response to an invocation request in accordance with said domain-specific language.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein defining said domain-specific language comprises:

defining at least one language information item of said domain-specific language;

defining at least one language term of said domain-specific language; and

defining at least one data type of said domain-specific language.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein defining said domain-specific language further comprises:

defining a relationship between said at least one language term and another language term of said domain-specific language.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein defining said domain-specific language further comprises:

defining a constraint associated with one or more elements of said domain-specific language to be used during validation of said one or more elements of said domain-specific language.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein defining said domain-specific language further comprises:

defining an aspect able to affect an element selected from a group consisting of;

said at least one language term, a property of said at least one language term, and a relationship between said at least one language term and another language term.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

applying said domain-specific language to said model during execution of a modeling process of said model.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

creating one or more elements of a model in accordance with at least one language term defined in said domain-specific language.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein creating comprises:

generating a recommended modeling route to be used during creation of said one or more elements of said model in accordance with a mentor modeling definition of said domain-specific language.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein creating comprises:

executing a custom action defined in said domain-specific language on at least one of said one or more elements of said model.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein creating comprises:

converting a domain-specific model artifact of said domain-specific language into an application artifact usable during execution of said modeling process.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

storing said domain-specific model artifact in a metadata database able to provide access to said domain-specific model artifact.

19. A system for accelerated modeling, the system comprising:

a language builder module to define a domain-specific language usable in a modeling environment and having a dynamic component and a static component, said dynamic component able to affect a behavior of said static component.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein said language builder module is able to import a definition of an element of said domain-specific language from a previously-defined domain-specific language.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein said language builder module comprises a validator to validate said domain-specific language in accordance with a validation rule defined in a meta-modeling language.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein said language builder module comprises a generator to generate an eXtensible Markup Language output representing at least one definition of said domain-specific language.

23. The system of claim 19, wherein said language builder module comprises an action editor to define a custom action available for execution on a model in accordance with said domain-specific language in response to an invocation request in accordance with said domain-specific language.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein said language builder module is able to define at least one language information item of said domain-specific language, to define at least one language term of said domain-specific language, and to define at least one data type of said domain-specific language.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein said language builder module is able to define a relationship between said at least one language term and another language term of said domain-specific language.

26. The system of claim 19, wherein said language builder module comprises a constraint editor to define a constraint associated with said data type to be used during validation of one or more elements of said domain-specific language.

27. The system of claim 19, comprising a mentoring module to generate a recommended modeling route available during creation of one or more elements of a model in accordance with a mentor modeling definition of said domain-specific language.

28. The system of claim 19, comprising a generator able to create one or more elements of a model in accordance with a process defined in said domain-specific language.

29. The system of claim 28, comprising a language runtime module to apply said domain-specific language to said model during execution of a runtime process of said model.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein said language runtime module comprises a validator to validate said model based on a validation rule defined in said domain-specific language.

31. The system of claim 29 wherein said language runtime module comprises an action executor to execute a custom action defined in said domain-specific language on at least one of said one or more elements of said model.

32. The system of claim 29, wherein said language runtime module comprises a process mentor module to guide said runtime process in accordance with a process definition of said domain-specific language.

33. The system of claim 29, wherein said language runtime module comprises a generator to generate an extensible Markup Language output representing said model based on said domain-specific language.

34. The system of claim 29, comprising a converter to convert a domain-specific model artifact based on said domain-specific language into an application artifact usable during execution of said runtime process.

35. The system of claim 34, comprising a database to store said domain-specific model artifact and to provide access to said domain-specific model artifact during execution of said runtime process.

36. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a machine, result in:

defining a domain-specific language usable in a modeling environment and having a dynamic component and a static component, said dynamic component able to affect a behavior of said static component.

37. The machine-readable medium of claim 36, wherein the instructions result in:

defining said dynamic component and said static component in accordance with Unified Modeling Language constructs and semantics.

38. The machine-readable medium of claim 36, wherein the instructions result in:

defining a customized Unified Modeling Language meta-modeling profile which supports definitions of said dynamic component and said static component.

39. The machine-readable medium of claim 36, wherein the instructions result in:

defining said domain-specific language based on custom meta-modeling constructs, said constructs in accordance with a Unified Modeling Language meta-modeling profile and defining said dynamic component and said static component.