<span>Call</span> <span>for</span> <span>Papers</span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_quote">
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<span></span><br>Dear all, <br>
<br>
The main goal of the KISS workshop at Code Generation 2009 consists of reaching
agreement on a set of fundamental principles <span>for</span> modeling language
design, such that the most costly and time consuming interoperability problems can be avoided. <br><br>In order to promote lively discussion and to solicit constructive feedback, a set of strawman principles for modeling language design has been proposed at <a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/fundamental-principles-for-modeling-language-design" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/fundamental-principles-<span>for</span>-modeling-language-design</a>.<br>
<br>
I'd like to invite you to submit a position paper (2 to 13 pages) and
to attend the upcoming workshop at <br><br>1. Code Generation 2009 in Cambridge, United Kingdom
<br>(<span>workshop</span> 16. June, extended submission deadline 15. June!) <br><a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-cg-2009" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/<span>kiss</span>-cg-2009</a><br>
<br>and additionally to consider presenting updates of your work at one of the subsequent KISS workshops at<br><br>2. Object Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications in Orlando, Florida<br>
(25. or 26. October 2009)<br>
<a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-oopsla-2009" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-oopsla-2009</a><br><br>3. Automated Software Engineering in Auckland, New Zealand<br>
(16. or 17. November, submission deadline 31. July) <br><a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-ase-2009." target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/<span>kiss</span>-ase-2009.</a><br>
<br>
4. Further venues to be confirmed<br>(Q1/Q2 2010)<br><a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-initiative" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/<span>kiss</span>-initiative</a><br>
<br>In contrast to yearly events, the <span>KISS</span> workshops are intended as
working sessions that are used to iteratively present work in progress,
and to incorporate the feedback received in practical implementations
that conform to <span>KISS</span> values and fundamental principles.<br>
<br>
Lastly, please don't forget disseminating information about the planned <span>KISS</span> workshops to your colleagues. A formal CfP <span>for</span> dissemination within your organization is attached below.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
<br>
-- Jorn<br>
<br>
Jorn Bettin<br>
<a href="http://www.sofismo.ch/" target="_blank">www.sofismo.ch</a> - Software is Models!<br>
Saegestrasse 50, 5600 Lenzburg, Switzerland<br>
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<span></span><span>Call</span> <span>for</span> <span>Papers</span><br>
---------------<br><span><br><span>KISS</span></span> <span><span>Workshop</span></span> on Fundamental Aspects of DSL Interoperability<br>
<br>Cambridge, United Kingdom, 16 June 2009 @ Code Generation 2009<br>
<a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-cg-2009" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/<span><span>kiss</span></span>-cg-2009</a><br><br>Orlando, Florida, 25. or 26. October 2009 @ OOPSLA 2009<br>
<a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-oopsla-2009" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-oopsla-2009</a><br>
<br>Auckland, New Zealand, 16 or 17 November 2009 @ ASE 2009<br>
<a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-ase-2009" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/<span><span>kiss</span></span>-ase-2009</a><br>
<br><br>
Background and Aims<br>
-------------------<br>
<br>
The main motivation <span>for</span> the use of a DSL is the desire to express<br>
problems in a compact form that reflects the natural terminology<br>
of human domain experts, and that is easily accessible to software<br>
tools. In short, DSLs are raising the level of abstraction of<br>
software specifications and of knowledge representation in general.<br>
When DSLs are used to formalize the results of domain analysis,<br>
the result is a clean separation of concerns in the problem space.<br>
The value of a DSL increases with the intuitiveness of the concrete<br>
syntax. Visual and graphical elements may be needed to increase<br>
usability, and often such languages are referred to as domain<br>
specific modelling languages (DSML).<br>
<br>
The level of interoperability between current DSL tools is<br>
comparable to the level of interoperability between CASE tools<br>
in the 90s. To increase the popularity of DSL based approaches,<br>
this needs to change. With the extensive use of outsourcing and<br>
with the increasing investment in open-source software, software<br>
development has become highly decentralized, and an assumption<br>
that all parties in a global software supply chain will use<br>
identical tooling is simply not realistic. As a result today's<br>
software supply chains are much less automated than supply chains<br>
in other, more mature industries.<br>
<br>
In order to increase awareness about the role that domain specific<br>
modeling languages can play in capturing, preserving, and exploiting<br>
knowledge in virtually all industries, it is necessary to establish<br>
a strong consensus on the fundamental values and principles that<br>
underpin the use of domain specific modeling languages.<br>
<br>
<span><span>KISS</span></span> aims to provide guidelines to support the use of domain specific<br>
methods and technologies in industry. In particular, <span><span>KISS</span></span> will<br>
support the construction of tool-chains that are built by third<br>
parties using components consisting of a mixture of commercial and<br>
open-source DSL tools.<br>
<br>
The <span><span>KISS</span></span> series of conference workshops and related events is used<br>
to incrementally create a consensus that can be expressed in a form<br>
similar to the agile manifesto and the fundamental agile principles.<br>
<br>
Objectives<br>
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<br>
1. To achieve a strong consensus on fundamental values and principles<br>
<span>for</span> designing and using Domain Specific Languages.<br>
<br>
2. To progress towards interoperability between DSL tools through the<br>
use of open-source technologies.<br>
<br>
Topics of Interest<br>
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<br>
* Fundamental values and principles <span>for</span> designing and using domain<br>
specific modeling languages (DSMLs).<br>
<br>
* Classification of the different kinds of DSML tool components, and<br>
the artefacts created and exchanged between DSML tool components.<br>
<br>
* Descriptions of existing or planned industrial projects that<br>
illustrate the need <span>for</span> improved DSML tool interoperability.<br>
<br>
* Evaluations of existing meta-meta model implementations, comparisons<br>
of meta-meta model implementations, and proposals of new meta-meta<br>
models that are conducive <span>for</span> improving DSML tool interoperability.<br>
<br>
* Proposals <span>for</span> useful levels of DSML tool interoperability.<br>
<br>
* Case studies of attempts (successful or not) to increase<br>
interoperability between two or more DSML tools.<br>
<br>
* Concrete tool interoperability requirements from organizations that<br>
use DSMLs.<br>
<br>
* Building an open community that owns interoperability standards <span>for</span><br>
DSML tools.<br>
<br>
* Approaches that can be used <span>for</span> practical certification of tools<br>
with respect to interoperability levels.<br>
<br>
Important Dates<br>
---------------<br>
<br>See schedules published on the <span>workshop</span> web pages<br><a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-cg-2009" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/<span><span>kiss</span></span>-cg-2009</a><br>
<a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-oopsla-2009" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-oopsla-2009</a><br>
<a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-ase-2009" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/<span><span>kiss</span></span>-ase-2009</a><br><a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-initiative" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/<span>kiss</span>-initiative</a><br>
<br>
Submission Guidelines<br>
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<br>
The <span><span>workshop</span></span> accepts two types of submissions within the aims and<br>
scope of <span><span>KISS</span></span>: reflective and proposals. A reflective submission<br>
describes research or experience within the topics of interest<br>
of the <span><span>workshop</span></span>. A proposal submission describes an approach or a<br>
framework that the authors claim will contribute to the overall<br>
objectives of <span><span>KISS</span></span>.<br>
<br>
* <span>For</span> both types of <span>papers</span>, the length of the paper should be at<br>
least 2 pages and should not exceed 13 pages using the correct<br>
style (including references and appendices).<br>
<br>
* The first page should begin with the title of the paper, author<br>
names (contact author underlined), affiliations, and e-mail<br>
addresses, followed by an abstract of no more than 150 words.<br>
<br>
* In order to be considered <span>for</span> publication authors should use the<br>
Springer format: follow the instructions at<br>
<a href="http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html" target="_blank">http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html</a> ).<br>
<br>
* Position <span>papers</span> may be submitted after the deadline and will be<br>
circulated as input to the <span><span>workshop</span></span>. <span>Papers</span> submitted after the<br>
deadline cannot be considered <span>for</span> publication in the <span><span>workshop</span></span><br>
proceedings.<br>
<br>
Please mail your submission to Jorn Bettin (jbe at sofismo dot ch).<br>
<br>
Publication<br>
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<br>
Accepted <span>papers</span> in the correct format will be published in the<br>
<span><span>workshop</span></span> proceedings which will be distributed on registration.<br>
The organizers are investigating the publication of the best <span>papers</span><br>
in a special issue of a suitable journal.<br>
<br>
<span><span>Workshop</span></span> Organizers<br>
-------------------<br>
<br>
See the list of organizers <span>for</span> specific events on the <span>KISS</span> web site<br>
<a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-cg-2009" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/<span><span>kiss</span></span>-cg-2009</a><br><a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-oopsla-2009" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-oopsla-2009</a><br>
<a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-ase-2009" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/<span><span>kiss</span></span>-ase-2009</a><br>
<a href="http://www.industrialized-software.org/kiss-initiative" target="_blank">http://www.industrialized-software.org/<span>kiss</span>-initiative</a><br><br>
International Programme Committee (Provisional)<br>
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<br>
* Jorn Bettin, Sofismo, Switzerland.<br>
* Tony Clark, Thames Valley University, UK.<br>
* Craig Cleaveland, Whitebirch Software, United States.<br>
* William Cook, University of Texas Austin, United States.<br>
* Mark Dalgarno, Software Acumen, United Kingdom.<br>
* Keith Duddy, Smart Services CRC, Australia.<br>
* Jack Greenfield, Microsoft, United States.<br>
* John Hosking, University of Auckland, New Zealand.<br>
* Pavel Hruby, CSC , Denmark.<br>
* Steven Kelly, MetaCase, Finland.<br>
* Anneke Kleppe, Capgemini, The Netherlands<br>
* Richard Paige, University of York, UK.<br>
* Derek Roos, Mendex, The Netherlands.<br>
* Bran Selic, Malina Software, Canada.<br>
* Shane Sendall, Snowie Group, Switzerland.<br>
* Peer Törngren, IBM, Sweden.<br>
* Laurence Tratt, Bournemouth University, UK.<br>
* Jim van Dam, HiPeS, The Netherlands.<br>
* Markus Völter, independent consultant, Germany.<br>
* Jos Warmer, Ordina, The Netherlands.<br>
* James Willans, Independent Consultant, UK.</div>
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