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PhD Status Report

Leandro Marques do NascimentoPh.D. Candidate at UFPE

[email protected]



Agenda

• A mapping Study on Domain-Specific Language

– Research questions

– Search string

– Conducting the study

– Preliminary results

• The Proposal

– Context

–

Details – Related work

– Next steps



A Mapping Study on Domain-

Specific Languages



Current Status

• Mapping Study: writing paper

– A Mapping Study on Domain-Specific Languages

– ~ 2500 papers classified (methods, processes,

techniques, tools, DSLs examples and detailed

description) – No direct related work



Research questions

• Main question

In which manner are Domain SpecificLanguages (DSLs) being created, used

and maintained?



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Research sub-questions

Which are the processes, methods and/or techniques used while working

with DSLs, i.e. creation, application, evolution and extension of DSLs?

Which DSLs have been created and are available for use or are described in

some type of publication? In which domains are these DSLs being used?

Which tools are used for the development and usage of DSLs and how such

tools support those activities?

How the existent DSLs are classified?



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Search String

"domain-specific language"OR

"domain-specific modeling language"

OR

"generative programming"



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Inclusion criteria

• Books, papers, technical reports and ‘grey

literature’ regarding DSL, DSML or GP. No datefiltering was applied.

• Basic questions do include a paper: – Is it a DSL or DSML?

– Is it a technique, method or process for handlingDSLs/DSMLs?

– Is a tool (language workbench) for handlingDSLs/DSMLs?

– Is it any type of philosophical paper that discussesconcepts of DSLs, DSMLs and/or any related generativeprogramming technique?



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Exclusion criteria

• Articles not written in English.

• Powerpoint presentations, Posters, short papers(less than 2 pages) and invited conference talks.

• Articles in press, journals and conferenceseditorials/reviews

• Duplicated studies.• Incomplete studies with no evidence of

validation or proof• Articles that are not directly related to

Computer Science/Software Engineering areas,such as Biochemistry, Arts, Humanities or SocialSciences ones.



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Filtering

Filters Activities N. of papers

1

2

3

Identify relevant studies using

defined search terms through

manual search (93 docs) and

automatic (4357 docs)

Exclude studies based on exclusion

criteria for removing duplicated

studies

Exclude studies by applying

exclusion criteria on title, abstract

and keywords. ~ 25% done.

N = 4450

N = 2595

64% avg



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Preliminary results

Common classification: external DSL,

internal (embedded) DSL, languageworkbench, DMSL (new research

field, seamlessly to visual DSL)

Majority of solution

proposals andexperience papers

Most popular domain:embedded systems

and control systemsMost popular host

language for embedded

DSLs: Haskell

Lack of tools, mainly

language workbenches

Few techniques,methods and processes

involving DSL / DSML



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SMaDL – The Social Machines’

Domain-specific LanguageThe proposal



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A world of connections (relationships)

http://www.go2web20.net/





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A world of open APIs

http://www.programmableweb.com/





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Different patterns or computational representations



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One unique background concept



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How to represent web based

software systems in terms of social machines



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DSLs: the main goal

• Gains in expressiveness and ease of use

– Utopia: end-user programming



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Tools



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Research question

Is it possible to integrate diverse

web applications using a standardarchitecture description language?



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SMaDL – vCard and wrapper interfaces

vCard

WI

vCard

WI

vCard

WI

vCard

WI

vCard

WI

Social

MachinesDNS

?Twitter

Card



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Minimalists languages

• vCard language – Provides basic information about current SM

– Visibility modifiers and shaping; billing

• Wrapper Interface language –

Consumer interface descriptor – Producer interface descriptor

– Basic operators

• Union

• Split

• Filter

• Sort

vCard

WI



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Related Work

• Data flow • Triggers / Actions



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Next Steps

• May – Aug, 2012: Write proposal for

qualification exam

• Aug – Dec, 2012: Experimental Study(planning, execution, adjustments)

• Jan – Mar, 2013: Thesis Writing



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“If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.”Bill Gates

Questions?

SMaDL – The Social

Machines’ Domain-specificLanguage

Leandro Marques do Nascimento

Ph.D. Candidate at UFPE

[email protected]

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