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ModelTalk: When Everything Is a Domain-Specific Language
July/August 2009 (vol. 26 no. 4)
pp. 39-46
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Atzmon Hen-Tov, David H. Lorenz, Assaf Pinhasi, Lior Schachter, "ModelTalk: When Everything Is a Domain-Specific Language," IEEE Software, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 39-46, July/August, 2009.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MS.2009.97,
author = {Atzmon Hen-Tov and David H. Lorenz and Assaf Pinhasi and Lior Schachter},
title = {ModelTalk: When Everything Is a Domain-Specific Language},
journal ={IEEE Software},
volume = {26},
number = {4},
issn = {0740-7459},
year = {2009},
pages = {39-46},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MS.2009.97},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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David H. Lorenz, Open University of Israel
Assaf Pinhasi, Pontis
Many see a great future for domain-specific software development. Yet, the path to fulfilling the potential of domain-specific languages on a large scale remains largely uncharted. This article presents ModelTalk, a model-driven framework for DSL-based development. ModelTalk can be used to produce a product line of commercial business support systems for the telecommunications industry.

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Index Terms:
ModelTalk, domain-specific languages, model-driven development, software product lines
Citation:
Atzmon Hen-Tov, David H. Lorenz, Assaf Pinhasi, Lior Schachter, "ModelTalk: When Everything Is a Domain-Specific Language," IEEE Software, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 39-46, July-Aug. 2009, doi:10.1109/MS.2009.97
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