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Are qualified associations necessary?
When I'm creating domain models, the ability to place properties on a relationship is proving very...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 10/17/2005
The 'U' in 'UML'
Last night the conference banquet was held for the MoDELS conference in Jamaica. The MoDELS...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 10/07/2005
Model Transformation
I'm in Jamaica at the MoDELS 05 conference. Yesterday I attended a workshop on model transformation,...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 10/04/2005
Windows Workflow Foundation
If you're interested in Workflow then you'll want to have a look at Windows Worflow Foundation,...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 09/19/2005
September release of DSL Tools
A new release of DSL Tools is now available. You can dowload it from:...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 09/19/2005
Software Factories workshop at OOPSLA
Jack Greenfield asked me to mention that the organizing committee have extended the deadline for...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 08/12/2005
Jobs available
The Database Developer Tools team based in Redmond is hiring developers, testers and program...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 08/08/2005
Edward Bakker's blog on using DSL Tools (& V1 planning)
Edward Bakker has been blogging his experience of using DSL Tools: https://www.edwardbakker.nl/ This...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 08/08/2005
DSL for GoF patterns
My colleague, Alan Wills, just pointed me at this - https://www.clipcode.biz/workshops/dsl.html
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 07/28/2005
Transformation workshop at MoDELS 05
I'm involved in a workshop on model to model transformations at the MoDELS conference this year. The...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 06/27/2005
ModeliSoft have updated their Dmd2Dd tool
For all those who've installed the May 2005 version of DSL Tools (the one that works on VS2005 Beta...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 06/23/2005
Martin Fowler on Language Workbenches
Martin has just put up an article on Language Workbenches - IDEs for creating and using DSLs. As...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 06/20/2005
Disclaimer - please read
The information in this weblog is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. This...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 06/20/2005
Transcript for DSL Tools web chat
I see a transcript of the DSL Tools web chat is now available. Members of the DSL Tools team...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 06/20/2005
Back from paternity leave
Folks probably haven't noticed because of the sporadic nature of my blog entries, but I have been...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 06/07/2005
Reflections on the spec process
Back in the days when I was an academic and researcher, I used to teach Software Engineering. There...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 05/18/2005
Interesting observations on XMI
I just came across this post about XMI from Steven Kelly over at Metacase. In particular, he quotes...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 05/13/2005
Wojtek has started blogging
I see that the architect of the Guidance Automation Toolkit (GAT), Wojtek Kozaczynski, has started...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 05/13/2005
n'ary, binary or both
In case you haven't seen it, there's been some interesting discussion about n'ary and binary...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 04/21/2005
More on consuming models
A set of interesting questions were posted to the DSL Tools Newsgroup recently, so I've decided to...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 03/29/2005
Next Release of DSL Tools
Now we've got the March release out of the door, I'm sure folks are going to ask soon what's in the...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 03/18/2005
Interview with Steve Cook
No doubt lots of my colleagues will point you at this, including Steve himself. But here is a great...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 03/16/2005
Validation in DSL Tools
In his announcement of the March release of DSL Tools, Gareth mentioned that we now have a designer...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 03/10/2005
Building the right system, faster and more reliably
I've been pondering what the fundamental problems are that we and others are trying to solve with...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 03/10/2005
March release of DSL tools
As posted by Gareth.
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 03/10/2005
Collection associations in class designer
I see that Ramesh on the class designer team has posted a note about collection associations. The...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 02/22/2005
Answers to questions on the domain model designer and future features
Here's a lot of detailed questions from Kimberly Marcantonio, an active participant in the DSL Tools...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 02/21/2005
Creating your own DSL / DSL template
We've had the following question posted to the newsgroup on the DSL Tools site: "Can I create a...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 02/21/2005
DSLs and customization
Fred Thwaites has asked a question in response to this post. He asks: "Does this imply that in...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 01/31/2005
New blog
My friend Jean Bezivin, a well-known figure in the 'model engineering' research community, has...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 01/14/2005
Walkthroughs for DSL tools available
Three tutorial documents which 'walk through' various aspects of the December release of our DSL...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 01/14/2005
Why we view a domain model as a tree
In some feedback to my last posting, there was a question about why we visualized a domain model as...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 01/06/2005
The UML / DSL debate
There's been some debate between some of my MSFT colleagues (Alan Wills, Steve Cook, Jack...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 01/04/2005
Tools to create, tools to consume, tools to check
As a number of my colleagues have already pointed out the December download of the DSL Tools are now...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 12/23/2004
DSL workbench now live
I've just returned from OOPSLA and Redmond, and am pleased to see that the DSL tools workbench site...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 11/08/2004
What I've been working on
I can now point you at a couple of announcements about the technology I've been working on. Here's...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 10/27/2004
Microsoft at OOPSLA
Here's what Microsoft are doing at OOPSLA this year:...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 10/22/2004
Not going to UML conference, but will be at OOPSLA
I mentioned in an earlier post that I was giving a tutorial at the UML conference with Alan Wills....
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 09/29/2004
UML, DSLs and software factories: let those analogies flow...
I typed this entry a few days ago, but then managed to lose it through a set of circumstances I'm...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 09/29/2004
What does it mean to be MDA compliant?
I read on Jim Steel's blog that back in August there was lots of discussion on OMG lists about what...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 09/14/2004
Premature standardization
I used the phrase 'premature standardization' in an earlier post today. I'm rather pleased with it,...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 09/14/2004
UML conference
Two posts in the same day. I guess I'm making up for the two month gap. Anyway, Alan Wills and I are...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 09/13/2004
Back from vacation, more on DSLs
It's been a long time since my last entry - those few who were following my blog have probably given...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 09/13/2004
More ruminations on DSLs
A domain specific language is a language that's tuned to describing aspects of the chosen domain....
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 09/13/2004
Designing graphical notations: for paper or tools?
In this posting I continue on the theme of designing tools and notations to support modeling. On and...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 07/13/2004
Designing notations for use in tools
Tools make available a whole range of facilities for viewing, navigating and manipulating models...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 07/13/2004
Storyboarding
An important part of my job is to analyze requirements and write specifications. I have found the...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 06/30/2004
Hints and tips for using Powerpoint and Visio for storyboarding
Here are a few techniques I have found useful for building storyboards or click-throughs using...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 06/30/2004
On code generation from models
In a recent article, Dan Hayward introduced two kinds of approaches to MDA: translationist and...
Author: Stuart Kent - Microsoft Date: 06/14/2004