Newletter Sign Up
Posts on the
Design Decomposition Blog
Iridium Satellite Collision in Space
You might have seen the recent news reports about the collision between U.S. and Russian communication satellites. The U.S. satellite was one of the Iridium satellites. What wasn’t reported and you probably don’t know is that an object database management system (ODBMS) is an important part of the Iridium system. Even though ODBMSs are a [...]
February 13, 2009
(The Acronym) SOA is (Perhaps) Dead (at Some Companies); Long Live Services
I am now also posting on the Cutter Blog. My initial posting is (The Acronym) SOA is (Perhaps) Dead (at Some Companies); Long Live Services. It is a response to Anne Thomas Manes’ SOA is Dead; Long Live Services on her blog at the Burton Group.
January 9, 2009
Atomicity
The typical definition of an atomic task or process is one that cannot be decomposed further. This is vague and subject to interpretation. The Decomposition Matrix on this site uses a specific definition: A task (for business process diagrams) or a process (for data flow diagrams) is atomic if every input relates to every output [...]
December 3, 2008
Well-Formed Business Process Diagrams
My last posting referenced the criteria for a well-formed business process diagram mentioned in Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. I am going to expand on their criteria to create a more comprehensive definition of a well-formed business process diagram. To start, here are three criteria from [...]
November 18, 2008
Recent Business Process Modeling Books
I recently received two new books on business process modeling. Both books looked interesting because they had great titles. As it turns out, one book is great and the other not so good. The not so good book is Business Process Driven SOA using BPMN and BPEL by Matjaz B. Juric and Kapil Pant. There are [...]
October 9, 2008
The Design Decomposition Blog
is written by Doug Barry.

The Model Driven Architecture (MDA) is an open, vendor-neutral approach to interoperability using OMG's modeling specifications: Unified Modeling Language (UML), Meta-Object Facility (MOF), and Common Warehouse Meta-model (CWM).

As new platforms and technologies emerge, MDA enables rapid development of new specifications that use them, streamlining the process of integration. The intent of  MDA is to provide a comprehensive, structured solution for application interoperability and portability into the future.

The architecture encompasses a range of services already specified by OMG, including Directory Services, Event Handling, Persistence, Transactions, and Security. The core logic of many of these services is already available for multiple implementation technologies; for instance, Sun's J2EE platform uses Java interfaces to CORBA's transactions and security services. MDA should make it easier and faster to design similar multiple-platform interfaces to common services.

MDA also enables the creation of standardized Domain Models for specific vertical industries. These standardized models can be realized for multiple platforms now and in the future, presumably easing multiple platform integration issues and protecting IT investments against the uncertainty of changing fashions in platform technology.

Organization: Object Management Group

More information: MDA page on the OMG website (new window)

Related content for: Model Driven Architecture (MDA)

More on the general topic: Models and metamodels

Read more free articles on this site

There are nearly 400 pages of articles on this site with over 130 pages on Web services and service-oriented architecture.

Search this site for more articles

Custom Search

Browse this site for more articles

Click on the topics below to browse the articles on this site. You can see more detail by clicking on the arrows. This highlights the location of the current article: Model Driven Architecture (MDA).

Related recent articles from Google News

Create Unique Personalised Drumkits
Sonic State
The model driven architecture allows us to upgrade DrumSpillage with additional models without affecting the existing GUI and plugin performance. ...

2 Mar 2010 at 12:09am
Save the Date and Call for Participation: 3rd Annual SOA in Healthcare ...
PR Newswire (press release)
OMG's modeling standards, including the Unified Modeling Language™ (UML®) and Model Driven Architecture® (MDA®), enable powerful visual design, ...
and more »
2 Mar 2010 at 11:12am
Enterprise Architect to Offer Service-Oriented Modeling Framework™ (SOMF™) for ...
PR Web (press release)
In addition, Cephas has the required expertise to lead organizations into the use of Model Driven Architecture (MDA™), an exciting paradigm that is ideally ...
and more »
15 Mar 2010 at 5:01am
Roel Spans nieuwe algemeen directeur USoft
Emerce
... voor Dynamic Business Proces Management en voor het bouwen van applicaties volgens Model Driven Architecture op basis van de Business Rules Engine. ...
and more »
10 Mar 2010 at 3:24am
More related news on: "Model Driven Architecture"

Related books at Amazon.com

Executable UML: A Foundation for Model-Driven Architecture
Executable UML: A Foundation for Model-Driven Architecture
by Stephen J. Mellor, Marc J. Balcer
Average Customer Review: 4.5 stars based on 7 reviews.
Customer Review: Two events at the Object-Oriented Systems, Languages, and Applications Conference of 1996 were memorable for me. The first was the opening address given by one of the more insightful architects/designers of the 20th century, Christopher Alexander. And the second was a debate between Stephen Mellor (one of the authors of this book) an...
MDA Explained: The Model Driven Architecture(TM): Practice and Promise
MDA Explained: The Model Driven Architecture(TM): Practice and Promise
by Anneke Kleppe, Jos Warmer, Wim Bast
Average Customer Review: 4 stars based on 7 reviews.
Customer Review: There have been many talks about MDA, but none as "complete" as this book. Granted that MDA is still under development and who knows what will actually happen to it when it is actually released, the authors of this book do an extraordinary job explaining what MDA is at its current stage and what areas might still change for the bette...
Enterprise Patterns and MDA: Building Better Software with Archetype Patterns and UML
Enterprise Patterns and MDA: Building Better Software with Archetype Patterns and UML
by Jim Arlow, Ila Neustadt
Average Customer Review: 5 stars based on 6 reviews.
Customer Review: Nominally, this book presents "archetype patterns", using UML and an extended case study. The archetype idea, intermediate between a general design pattern and a specific application, is a valuable one. In the case study, it's a set of business meta-objects, operations, and organizing principles. In presenting the archetype abstracti...
Model Driven Architecture: Applying MDA to Enterprise Computing
Model Driven Architecture: Applying MDA to Enterprise Computing
by David S. Frankel
Average Customer Review: 4.5 stars based on 6 reviews.
Customer Review: I have had the pleasure of working with David Frankel for a number of years on Object Management Group efforts, so I expected a lot from this book. I wasn't disappointed. Dave has written a clear, pragmatic guide to what MDA is and, more importantly, what really can (and cannot) be practically accomplished with MDA today. He unerring...
Model Driven Architecture - Foundations and Applications: 5th European Conference, ECMDA-FA 2009, Enschede, The Netherlands, June 23-26, 2009, Proceedings ... / Programming and Software Engineering)
Model Driven Architecture - Foundations and Applications: 5th European Conference, ECMDA-FA 2009, Enschede, The Netherlands, June 23-26, 2009, Proceedings ... / Programming and Software Engineering)
by Richard F. Paige, Alan Hartman, Arend Rensink
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: July 2009
More related books: Search Amazon.com for "Model Driven Architecture"