OOPSLA-DSM 2008

The 8th OOPSLA Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling October 19-20, 2008 Nashville, USA http://www.dsmforum.org/events/DSM08 ---

Domain-Specific Modeling raises the level of abstraction beyond programming

by specifying the solution directly using domain concepts. In many cases,

final products can be generated automatically from these high-level specifications. This automation is possible because both the language and generators need fit the requirements of only one company and domain.

Industrial experiences of DSM consistently show it to be 5-10 times faster

than current practices, including current UML-based implementations of MDA.

More investigation is still needed in order to advance the acceptance and

viability of Domain-Specific Modeling. This workshop welcomes three types

of submissions:

1) Full papers describing ideas on either a practical or theoretical level.

Full papers should emphasize what is new and significant about the chosen

approach and compare it to other research work in the field. The maximum

length of a full paper is 4000 words.

2) Position papers describing work in progress or an author?s position regarding current DSM practice. The maximum length of a position paper is 2000 words.

3) DSM demonstrations describing a particular language, generator, or tool

for a particular domain. The maximum length of a demo paper is 2000

words. During the workshop, the DSM solution presented in the paper can be demonstrated to the participants.

Some suggested topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to:

- Tools for supporting domain-specific modeling (DSM)

- Metamodeling frameworks and languages

- Comparison and analysis of model-driven development approaches

- Principles for identifying constructs for DSM languages

- Industry/academic experience reports describing success/failure in

using Domain-Specific Modeling

- Novel approaches for code generation from domain-specific models

- Approaches to implement Domain-Specific Modeling languages

- Issues of support/maintenance of models and evolution of a DSM

language in accordance with the representative domain

- Version control techniques for DSMs

- Specific domains where this technology can be most productive in

the future (e.g., embedded systems, product family domains, or

systems with multiple implementation platforms)

- Techniques for supporting (meta)model interchange between tools

- Relationships between ontologies and metamodels

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Important Dates:

Initial submission:  August 4, 2008

Author Notification: September 4, 2008

(1 week prior to Early Registration deadline)

Final version:       October 1, 2008

Workshop: October 19-20, 2008

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Submission Information:

Papers should be submitted by August 4, 2008. Contributions should be submitted electronically in PDF format at

http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=oopsladsm08.

Submitted papers must conform to the ACM SIGPLAN conference style, using

9pt font (see guidelines at: http://www.sigplan.org/authorInformation.htm).

The accepted papers will be published in the printed proceedings and posted on the workshop web site.

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Additional Information:

Additional information about the workshop (including contact information,

past workshop papers, presentations, group work results) is available

at the workshop web site: http://www.dsmforum.org/events/DSM08

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Program Committee:

Pierre America, Philips

Peter Bell, SystemsForge

Jorn Bettin, Sofismo

Philip T. Cox, Dalhousie University

Krzysztof Czarnecki, University of Waterloo

Brandon Eames, Utah State University

Ethan Jackson, Microsoft

Frederic Jouault, University of Nantes

J?rgen Jung, Deutche Post AG

Steven Kelly, MetaCase

Benoit Langlois, Thales

Gunther Lenz, Microsoft

Shih-Hsi Liu, California State University, Fresno

Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University

Pentti Marttiin, Nokia Siemens Networks

Birger Moller-Pedersen, University of Oslo

Juha P?rssinen, VTT

Arturo Sanchez, University of North Florida

Markus V?lter, independent consultant

Jing Zhang, Motorola Research

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Organizing Committee:

Juha-Pekka Tolvanen, MetaCase

Jeff Gray, University of Alabama at Birmingham

Matti Rossi, Helsinki School of Economics

Jonathan Sprinkle, University of Arizona

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