A Component Meta Model for Reused-Based System Engineering

The domain of research of our team crosses system engineering based on reuse, component paradigm an interoperability. Our goal is to provide the integration of existing heterogeneous distributed components. This integration must be plat-form independent, in order to face the problem of middleware proliferation. First, we position our approach with regard to Model Driven Architecture. We briefly present a new component meta model which rests on the principle of de-coupling between components, and supports the separation between the data flow and the control flow. Then we present a reuse process based on MDA. A UML Profile allows the definition of the meta model and the mappings between the PIM and the target PSMs. To complete the definition of this UML profile, we follow by presenting a language intended to describe the content of customized interactions between components .