A Model-driven Collaborative Modeling Method for Software

In this paper, a model-driven software collaborative modeling method is proposed, and a software collaborative modeling framework on model assembly and model updating is established. The composability of models, the integrity of model assembly and the consistency of model updating are studied from two aspects: model assembly mechanism and model updating mechanism. The collaborative modeling protocol is defined, and six collaborative relationship stereotypes are introduced to add collaborative semantics to the model based on the extensible mechanism of UML. The algorithm of model assembly and integrity checking is proposed and the collaborative modeling of multiple clients is implemented. The algorithm of model updating and consistency checking is proposed to solve the problem of model updating in collaborative modeling.

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