A Comparison of Model Migration Tools

Abstract. Modelling languages and thus their metamodels are subject to change. When a metamodel evolves, existing models may no longer conform to the evolved metamodel. To avoid rebuilding them from scratch, existing models must be migrated to conform to the evolved metamodel. Manually migrating existing models is tedious and errorprone. To alleviate this, several tools have been proposed to build a migration strategy that automates the migration of existing models. Little is known about the advantages and disadvantages of the tools in different situations. In this paper, we thus compare a representative sample of migration tools

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: MODELS
• Authors: Louis M. Rose, Markus Herrmannsdoerfer, James R. Williams, Dimitrios S. Kolovos, Kelly Garcés, Richard F. Paige, Fiona A. C. Polack
• Keywords: Common Migration Examples, Evolved Metamodel, MODELS 2010, Natural Language Processing, Tool