The variety of design artefacts (models) produced in a model-driven design process results in an intricate relationship between requirements and the various models. This paper proposes a methodological framework that simplifies management of this relationship. This framework is a basis for tracing requirements, assessing the quality of model transformation specifications, metamodels, models and realizations. We propose a notion of conformance between application models which reduces the effort needed for assessment activities. We discuss how this notion of conformance can be integrated with model transformations.
João Paulo A. Almeida, Pascal van Eck, Mari