Modern cloud computing environments support a relatively high degree of automation in
service provisioning, which allows cloud service customers (CSCs) to dynamically acquire …

Abstract Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications (TOSCA) is a
standard for specifying the topology of cloud applications, their deployment on cloud …

With JSON's increasing adoption, the need for structural constraints and validation
capabilities led to JSON Schema, a dedicated meta-language to specify languages which …

Modelling is a core activity in software development paradigms like Model-driven
Engineering (MDE). Therefore, the quality of (meta-) models is crucial for the success of …

When generating textual editors for large and highly structured meta-models, it is possible to
extend Xtext's generator capabilities and the default implementations it provides. These …

Recent efforts to standardize a deployment modeling language for cloud applications
resulted in TOSCA. At the same time, the software modeling standard UML supports …

Abstract Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) uses models as its main assets in the software
development process. The structure of a model is described through a meta-model. Even …

Xtext is a well-known domain-specific language design framework and technology. It
automatically generates a textual grammar for a language, given a meta-model specified in …

In model-driven engineering, developing a textual domain-specific language (DSL) involves
constructing a meta-model, which defines an underlying abstract syntax, and a grammar …

Metamodeling platforms are an important cornerstone for building domain-specific modeling
languages in an efficient and effective way. Two prominent players in the field are ADOxx …