[News.eclipse.technology.mddi] Do I understand MDDi?

["Tas Frangoullides" <tas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I read the latest white paper and I am still not sure I understand the scope
of the project.

On one hand it sounds like a modeling tool platform where different
modelling tools and pluged in via adaptors, much the same way that eclipse
lets you combine text editors, source control and compilers. The various
tools could then be used in a consistent manner irrespective of thier
underlying protocol.

On the other hand it sounds like a scriptable build tool for orchistrating
these mda scenarios, lets say an Ant for MDA. I currently do something along
these line using Jelly and my own custom tags for executing transformations
and code generators. In time I was looking to create a uml profile for
modelling the build process and then generating the script. Is this
something MDDi would do?

Thanks,

Tas.