MOF Model to Text Transformation Language (Mof2Text or MOFM2T) is an
Object Management Group
The Object Management Group (OMG®) is a computer industry Standards Development Organization (SDO), or Voluntary Consensus Standards Body (VCSB). OMG develops enterprise integration and modeling standards for a range of technologies.
Busin ...
(OMG) specification for a
model transformation language. Specifically, it can be used to express transformations which transform a model into text (M2T), for example a
platform-specific model
A platform-specific model is a model of a software or business system that is linked to a specific technological platform (e.g. a specific programming language, operating system, document file format or database). Platform-specific models are indis ...
into
source code
In computing, source code, or simply code or source, is a plain text computer program written in a programming language. A programmer writes the human readable source code to control the behavior of a computer.
Since a computer, at base, only ...
or
documentation
Documentation is any communicable material that is used to describe, explain or instruct regarding some attributes of an object, system or procedure, such as its parts, assembly, installation, maintenance, and use. As a form of knowledge managem ...
. MOFM2T is one part of OMG's
Model-driven architecture
Model-driven architecture (MDA) is a software design approach for the development of software systems. It provides a set of guidelines for the structuring of specifications, which are expressed as models. Model Driven Architecture is a kind of doma ...
(MDA) and reuses many concepts of
MOF, OMG's metamodeling architecture. Whereas MOFM2T is used for expressing M2T transformations, OMG's
QVT
QVT (Query/View/Transformation) is a standard set of languages for model transformation defined by the Object Management Group.
Overview
Model transformation is a key technique used in model-driven architecture. As the name QVT indicates, the ...
is used for expressing M2M transformations.
See also
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Model-driven engineering
Model-driven engineering (MDE) is a software development methodology that focuses on creating and exploiting domain models, which are conceptual model (computer science), conceptual models of all the topics related to a specific problem. Hence, i ...
(MDE)
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Model Driven Architecture
Model-driven architecture (MDA) is a software design approach for the development of software systems. It provides a set of guidelines for the structuring of specifications, which are expressed as models. Model Driven Architecture is a kind of doma ...
(MDA): OMG's vision of MDE
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Acceleo
Acceleo is an open-source code generator from the Eclipse Foundation that allows people to use a model-driven approach to building applications. It is an implementation of the " MOFM2T" standard, from the Object Management Group (OMG), for perfo ...
, an implementation of the MOFM2T standard.
External links
Object Management Group (OMG) websiteObject Management Group, ''MOF Model to Text Transformation Language (MOFM2T), 1.0'' - Specification
Systems engineering
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