A DSL for Explicit Semantic Adaptation

In the domain of heterogeneous model composition, semantic adaptation is the “glue” that is necessary to assemble heterogeneous models so that the resulting composed model has well-defined semantics. In this paper, we present an execution model for a semantic adaptation interface between heterogeneous models. We introduce a Domain-Specific Language (DSL) for specifying such an interface explicitly using rules, and a transformation toward the ModHel’X framework. The DSL enables the modeller to easily customise interfaces that fit the heterogeneous model at hand in a modular way, as involved models are left untouched. We illustrate the use of our DSL on a power window case study and demonstrate the importance of defining semantic adaptation explicitly by comparing with the results obtained with Ptolemy II.