Metadata modeling¶
Metadata modeling is a type of metamodeling used in software engineering and systems engineering for the analysis and construction of models applicable to and useful for some predefined class of problems.
Core Idea¶
Metadata modeling is treated here as the recurring cross-domain formal modeling identity summarized by this source-grounded definition: Metadata modeling is a type of metamodeling used in software engineering and systems engineering for the analysis and construction of models applicable to and useful for some predefined class of problems. Metadata modeling is a type of metamodeling used in software engineering and systems engineering for the analysis and construction of models applicable to and useful for some predefined class of problems.
Scope of Application¶
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Metadatamodeling Concepts. In Figure 1 the three concept types that are used in the modeling technique are illustrated.
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Documented setting. Metadata modeling is a type of metamodeling used in software engineering and systems engineering for the analysis and construction of models applicable to and useful for some predefined class of problems.
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Metadatamodeling Concepts. First of all, a concept is a simple version of a Unified Modeling Language (UML) class.
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Metadatamodeling Concepts. The class definition is adopted to define a concept, namely: a set of objects that share the same attributes, operations, relations, and semantics.
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Metadatamodeling Concepts. COMPLEX CONCEPT: a concept that consists of a collection of (sub) concepts.
Clarity¶
A clear use of Metadata modeling names the carrier, the operative relation, and the conditions under which the source treats the identity as present. The minimal definition is Metadata modeling is a type of metamodeling used in software engineering and systems engineering for the analysis and construction of models applicable to and useful for some predefined class of problems.
Manages Complexity¶
Metadata modeling compresses multiple cross-domain formal modeling details into a stable diagnostic relation. The source shows both the central mechanism—a closed concept is visualized by a white rectangle above a black rectangle.—and the practical consequence—generalization is visualized by a solid arrow with an open arrowhead, pointing to the parent, as is illustrated in Figure 3.
Abstract Reasoning¶
- Type the carrier. Identify the cross-domain formal modeling entities to which the claim applies.
- State the relation. Use the source-grounded identity: Metadata modeling is a type of metamodeling used in software engineering and systems engineering for the analysis and construction of models applicable to and useful for some predefined class of problems.
- Check operation and conditions. Part of the process-data diagram of the requirements workflow in the Unified Process is illustrated.
- Demand recognition evidence.
Knowledge Transfer¶
Within the home domain. Knowledge about Metadata modeling transfers literally when a new case preserves the same carrier type, relation, and recognition test. In Figure 1 the three concept types that are used in the modeling technique are illustrated. Metadata modeling is a type of metamodeling used in software engineering and systems engineering for the analysis and construction of models applicable to and useful for some predefined class of problems. Beyond the home domain. No canonical parent is asserted for Metadata modeling.
Relationships to Other Abstractions¶
Current abstraction Metadata modeling Domain-specific
Parents (1) — more general patterns this builds on
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Metadata modeling is a kind of Metamodeling Domain-specific
Metadata modeling is metamodeling specialized to models of metadata-bearing systems.
Hierarchy path (1) — routes to 1 parentless root
- Metadata modeling → Metamodeling → Abstraction
Neighborhood in Abstraction Space¶
Metadata modeling sits in a moderately populated region (48th percentile for distinctiveness): it has near-neighbors but no dense thicket of look-alikes.
Family — Design, Process & Business Methods (18 abstractions)
Nearest neighbors
- Domain Model — 0.87
- Structure chart — 0.87
- Organizational structure — 0.86
- Logico-linguistic modeling — 0.86
- Worker–machine activity chart — 0.86
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