THALES recommendations for the final OMG standard on Query / Views / Transformations

Model transformation is at the core of the OMG’s Model Driven ArchitectureTM (MDA). The current submission process on the OMG MOF 2.0 Query/Views/Transformation (QVT) Request for Proposals (RFP) [1] elicited eight initial submissions and currently, five revised submissions are still competing. IBM has formulated, in response to the eight first submissions, a set of recommendations for the final standard [8]. This paper enhances IBM recommendations with an additional user point of view. This paper, based on user criteria, presents recommendations gathered from THALES experience. These end-user recommendations are expressed in terms of IBM technical recommendations. Finally, we propose a candidate technical architecture to harmonize the positions of tool developers and end-users. 1 MIRROR is a THALES Pilot Program on the MDA.