Towards Semantic model-to-model Mapping of Cross-Domain Component Interfaces for Interoperability of Vehicle Applications An Approach towards Synergy Exploration
Sangita De, Michael Niklas, Rooney, Brian, Juergen Mottok, Přemek Brada · Digital Library (University of West Bohemia) · 2019
One key element in cross-domain automotive enterprise collaboration is the mutual agreement between interfaces of software components. In this context, model-to-model mappings of software component models of heterogeneous frameworks for automotive services and to explore the synergies in their interface semantics have become an essential factor in improving the interoperability among the automotive and other cross-domain enterprises. However, one of the challenges in achieving cross-domain component interface model-to-model mappings at an application level lies in detecting the interface semantics and the semantic relations that are conveyed in different component models in different frameworks. This paper addresses this challenge using a Model Driven Architecture (MDA) based analytical approach to explore interface semantic synergies in the cross-domain component meta-models that are used for automotive services. The approach applies manual semantic checking measurements at an application interface level to understand the meanings and relations between the different meta-model entities of crossdomain framework software components. We demonstrate our approach using component meta-models from cross-domain enterprises, that are used for the automotive application domain.