I remember reading about a modeling language developed by Microsoft as a UML alternative, and it wasn't 'M' or 'Oslo'. Can anybody tell me the name?
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Microsoft often espouses the virtues of domain-specific languages (DSLs) and encourages designers to follow that path. You could, however, be recalling Codename "D" which was/is developed as a model-driven approach to development.
David Moye
2010-09-10 16:41:21
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Yes, its called the 'Oslo Modeling Language'.
A quick search on the Microsoft Research portal answered your question - http://bit.ly/cGtNGH < Theres a Link.
I don't know if its released etc, just that it exists.
Connnnoorr
2010-09-10 16:46:20
You might also want to have a look at - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd285282.aspx
Connnnoorr
2010-09-10 16:48:06
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Oslo was the name for the Microsoft strategy for model-driven development consisting in the M modeling language + the Quadrant modeling environment + a model repository
M is a developer friendly, textual language for defining schemas, queries, values, functions and DSLs. In this sense, M is not exaxtly a UML alternative but, simplifying a lot, a language to create what in UML we call class diagrams.
The problem is that unfortunately Microsoft is rethinking (dropping?) its MDD strategy
Jordi Cabot
2010-09-11 05:58:08