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Towards Processing YAML Documents with Model Management Languages

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: YAML is a widely used textual format for capturing structured data. Despite its widespread use by software engineering practitioners, there is little support for YAML in model management (e.g. model-to-text, model-to-model) languages. This paper proposes an approach for bridging the conceptual gap between contemporary model management languages and YAML. A technical solution is presented for enabling the use of model management tasks over models captured in YAML. Our solution is evaluated in an industrial case study on cloud infrastructure automation, involving the use of model transformations that transform EMF models into YAML models, with the goal of producing Infrastructure as Code through Ansible Playbooks.

Source: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS)

DOI: 10.1145/3652620.3688219

Authors: Ionut Predoaia, Dimitris Kolovos, Antonio Garcia-Dominguez, Matthias Lenk, Wolfram Ebel, Jan Burkl

Institution: University of York

Language: English

Topic: Model-Driven Software Engineering Techniques

Subfield: Software

Field: Computer Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: UK Research and Innovation, NetApp

Awards: G2939316128, G8220750462