Meta-Model

A Meta-Model is a model composed of models.

• AKA: Model Pattern.
• Context:
  • It can be produced by a Meta-Modeling Task.
• Example(s):
  • an Algorithm Meta-Model.
  • a Capability Maturity Meta-Model.
• See: Conceptual Data Model, Data Model Pattern.

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References

2013

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamodeling#Types_of_metamodels
  • For software engineering, several types of models (and their corresponding modeling activities) can be distinguished:
    • Metadata modeling (MetaData Model)
    • Meta-Process Modeling (MetaProcess Model)
    • Executable Meta-Modeling (combining both of the above and much more, as in the general purpose tool Kermeta)
    • Model Transformation Language (see below)

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