Definition and uses of the i* metamodel
Carlos Cares, Xavier Franch, Lidia López, Jordi Marco · 2010
The clear definition of a metamodel can be considered helpful for any conceptual modeling approach, and the i * framework is not an exception. Agreeing on a metamodel for i * can be considered even more convenient than ever when we are aware of the different dialects and variations that the community proposed, and keep proposing, over the seminal i * definition. In this paper we present the revised version of the i * metamodel proposed by the GESSI research group at 2005 and we report some current contexts of use: 1) definition of a data interchange format; 2) definition of the inheritance construct; 3) definition of a modularity construct; and 4) definition of a metrics framework.