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information loss when trying to integrate multiple modeling tools across their
technical boundaries. The Eclipse-based modeling tool SERAPIS by Sphinx IT
Consulting defines a proprietary meta-language which is not compliant to MOF
or any other modeling standard. As a consequence, metamodels specified in
this meta-language and therefore also the instantiations of these metamodels
cannot be interchanged with existing tools based on standards such as MOF
which results in a vendor-lock for customers. The contribution of this master
thesis is to develop a transformation approach allowing to translate metamodels
and models from the SERAPIS technical space to the Eclipse Modeling
Framework (EMF), which employs the meta-language Ecore as the de facto
standard corresponding to MOF. The strategy to achieve this is based on an
approach presented in the Ph.D. thesis by Dr. Manuel Wimmer who suggests a
semi-automatic transformation for metamodels by mapping the corresponding
meta-languages. Moreover, we specialize this approach to also enable the
automatic transformation of SERAPIS models based on the mappings of their
metamodels. The transformation approach developed in this work is implemented
in the Eclipse DIE in order to prove its feasibility and to evaluate the
generated results.
Michal Skackov
Web-based B2B documents mapping and transformation using Smooks Data
Integration Framework hosted as cloud service
Studium: Masterstudium Software Engineering & Internet Computing
BetreuerIn: Ao.Univ.Prof. Dr. Christian Huemer
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This thesis aims to enable SMEs and non-profit organisations to trade within
electronic markets using modern, freely available information technologies and
systems. These businesses are not capable of investing in integration, but are
forced by larger business partners or governments to produce business
documents of a certain standard. To help address these issues a free of charge,
cloud-hosted transformation between two different business document types
is explored. Related research questions are addressed in order to enable direct
transformation using the Smooks Data Integration Framework by applying
current technology to offer transformation as SaaS with the help of a Webbased
mapping tool. This thesis follows the guidelines of design science
research methodology. The main parts consist of related work relevant to B2B
electronic exchange of structured business documents, their mapping and
subsequent transformation. In summary, this thesis provides an overview of
related work on B2B business document standards, their mapping and
transformation, as well as current integration tools. The major contribution is
the prototype implementation of a Web-based system using Smooks to
transform business documents. The most complex part relates to the actual
interpretation of mapping and consecutive transformation. The implementation
of the Web-based editor for mapping models for the data integration
framework Smooks relates to a wide range of technologies. The jQuery
framework, a library for JavaScript, is used for the user interface. The
transformation works with help of FreeMarker, a template engine, and is hosted