Classification of Model Transformation Approaches

The Model-Driven Architecture is an initiative by the Object
Management Group to automate the generation of platform-specific
models from platform- independent models. While there exist some
well-established standards for modeling platform models, there is
currently no matured foundation for specifying transformations between
such models. In this paper, we propose a possible taxonomy for the
classification of several existing and proposed model transformation
approaches. The taxonomy is described with a feature model that makes
the different design choices for model transformations explicit. Based
on our analysis, we propose a few major categories in which most model
transformation approaches fit.