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[modeling-pmc] Migration of the GMT/AMW component into M2M

Dear PMC members,

As the lead of the AMW component, I am searching for a new place to host it, since the GMT project will be deactivated in the future.
The most appropriate place to host would be in the M2M project, since AMW is about establishing relationships between 2 (or more) model elements.

My request has already been discussed between Frédéric Jouault and Ed Merks, who were OK with it
(my initial request to Frédéric Jouault is quoted below)

I would need a formal approval of the PMC to initiate a move review process. 
Please could you provide your vote on this topic?

Best regards,

Marcos.

http://www.inf.ufpr.br/didonet/
Assistant professor
Centro Politecnico - Departamento de Informatica
Federal University of Parana', Curitiba, Brazil


> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Marcos Didonet Del Fabro <marcos.ddf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 2:34 PM
> Subject: Migration of GMT/AMW component
> To: Frederic Jouault <frederic.jouault@xxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I am the current lead of the AMW component (AtlanMod Model Weaver),
> which is hosted under the GMT project.
>
> The purpose of AMW is to enable establishing links between model
> elements, which can be used in a variety of applications
> (http://www.eclipse.org/gmt/amw/usecases/). These links are stored in
> a weaving model. One of the most common use case is to establish
> declarative relationships (links) between model elements, manually or
> semi-automatically (this is called matching). These links are used to
> generate transformation models, for instance, in ATL.
>
> Since the GMT project will be deactivated in the future, I am
> searching for a new place to host AMW and I think the most appropriate
> place to migrate AMW is as a component under the M2M project, since
> AMW enables relating 2 (or more) models, but it is not only related to
> model transformation. In addition, there are two projects (Operational
> QVT and ATL) that could be used together with AMW (it already works
> with ATL).
>
> The AMW component has been activated in 2005 and it has always had a
> user community. The interest about model weaving has recently
> increased, since model transformations are starting to have mature
> solutions and people are realizing that sometimes they need more than
> just model transformations. For instance, this interest is
> demonstrated by two recent works that has been published in top
> conferences:
>
> - Supporting Model-Driven Development of Object-Relational Database
> Schemas: a Case Study. Juan M. Vara, Belén Vela, Verónica Bollati &
> Esperanza Marcos. Theory and Practice of Model Transformations.
> LNCS-5563 (Springer Verlag). ICMT 2009, Zurich, Switzerland.
> - Davide Di Ruscio, Ivano Malavolta, Henry Muccini, Patrizio
> Pelliccione, and Alfonso Pierantonio, Developing next generation ADLs
> through MDE techniques, In ICSE 2010, Cape Town - South Africa
>
> With respect to the resources allocated to the project, in 2007 I have
> moved to the industry (IBM) and I didn't had resources to improve the
> tool. However, I have always supported the users through the
> newsgroup. I have recently changed jobs to work in the University of
> Parana', Brazil, and now I am able to allocate some resources to
> improve the tool. In addition, some guys that worked on the papers
> above (from University of Rey Juan Carlos and University of l'Aquila)
> are willing to collaborate as well.
>
> Could you give your position about my request of migration of AMW to
> the M2M project?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Marcos.
>
> http://www.inf.ufpr.br/didonet/
> Assistant professor
> Centro Politecnico - Departamento de Informatica
> Federal University of Parana', Curitiba, Brazil
>

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