Altmanninger, Kerstin;
Brosch, Petra;
Kappel, Gerti;
Langer, Philip;
Seidl, Martina;
Wieland, Konrad;
Wimmer, Manuel:
Why Model Versioning Research is Needed!? An Experience
Report;
p.8.1-8.12
in:
Proc. Joint MoDSE-MCCM 2009 Workshop on Models and
Evolution, 4-6th October 2009, Denver;
http://www.modse.fr;
2009
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Abstract: The status of current model-driven engineering
technologies has matured over the last years whereas the
infrastructure supporting model management is still in its
infancy. Infrastructural means include version control systems,
which are successfully used for the management of textual
artifacts like source code. Unfortunately, they are only limited
suitable for models. Consequently, dedicated solutions emerge.
These approaches are currently hard to compare, because no common
quality measure has been established yet and no structured test
cases are available. In this paper, we analyze the challenges
coming along with merging different versions of one model and
derive a first categorization of typical changes and the
therefrom resulting conflicts. On this basis we create a set of
test cases on which we apply state-of-the-art versioning systems
and report our experiences.