Language-independent model transformation verification.
Kevin Lano, Shekoufeh Kolahdouz-Rahimi, Tony Clark · SHURA (Sheffield Hallam University Research Archive) (Sheffield Hallam University) · 2014
One hinderance to model transformation verification is the large number of different MT languages which exist, resulting in a large number of different language-specific analysis tools. As an alternative, we define a single analysis process which can, in principle, analyse speci-fications in several different transformation languages, by making use of a common intermediate representation to express the semantics of trans-formations in any of these languages. Some analyses can be performed directly on the intermediate representation, and further semantic models in specific verification formalisms can be derived from it. We illustrate the approach by applying it to ATL.