Glossary
- abstracting mapping
A mapping that intentionally omits information contained in a more concrete model that's considered irrelevant detail in the more abstract model.
- abstraction
A modeling technique that involves ignoring information that is not of interest in a particular context. Abstraction involves choosing how to think about a problem and its solution, which also requires creativity and analysis.
- abstraction hierarchy
A graph within which the nodes are metamodels that factor out all commonalities of the subject matters from which they abstract.
- abstract syntax
The structure of a language separate from its concrete notational symbols.
- agile MDA
An approach in which models are linked together and then mapped to a single combined model ...
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