Natural-language Scenario Descriptions for Testing Core Language Models of Domain-Specific Languages

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Abstract

The core language model is a central artifact of domain-specific modeling languages (DSMLs) as it captures all relevant domain abstractions and their relations. Natural-language scenarios are a means to capture requirements in a way that can be understood by technical as well as non-technical stakeholders. In this paper, we use scenarios for the testing of structural properties of DSML core language models. In our approach, domain experts and DSML engineers specify requirements via structured natural-language scenarios. These scenario descriptions are then automatically transformed into executable test scenarios providing forward and backward traceability of domain requirements. To demonstrate the feasibility of our approach, we used Eclipse Xtext to implement a requirements language for the definition of semi-structured scenarios. Transformation specifications generate executable test scenarios that run in our test platform which is built on the Eclipse Modeling Framework and the Epsilon language family.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development (MODELSWARD)
Editors L. F. Pires, S. Hammoudi, J. Filipe, and R. C. das Neves
Place of PublicationSetubal
PublisherSciTePress
Pages356 - 367
Publication statusPublished - 2014

Austrian Classification of Fields of Science and Technology (ÖFOS)

  • 102016 IT security
  • 102
  • 102022 Software development
  • 502050 Business informatics

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