Opportunities for MDA Plug-Ins

MDA is a useful concept for software development. The process begins with requirements, which is the CIM. From the CIM, analysts create a Marking Model and execute a transformation for producing a PIM. Designers then create another Marking Model and execute a transformation for producing a PSM. Language platform bindings then provide input for a transformation to generate application code for execution.

The models should be created using a tool which also provides APIs for extension.

Tool plug-ins should be created to take advantage of the MDA standards for model to model transformation.

The following make good plug-ins transformation candidates which exist for (PIM->PSM and PSM->Implementation):

• Behavior
  
• UI workflow
  
• Persistence Mapping
  
• Security
• Event Service Mapping
• Deployment
• Transaction Mapping
• Scheduling
• Service Orchestration