Call for Papers

Special Issue on Traceability in Model-Driven Engineering

Traceability is an important theoretical and practical challenge in Model-Driven Engineering (MDE).

Traceability mechanisms are needed in processes involving automatic model to model transformations, in text/code generation, and in manual modelling activities, as well as end-to-end traceability. We are facing challenges in keeping models consistently synchronised, models and text/code in consistent states, and mixing manual updates with automatic processes. There are still unsolved theoretical and technical issues of traceability. However, of key importance is the limited availability of tools to support full traceability, and proofs of real usage of traceability in MDE.

The European Conference on Model-Driven Architecture has hosted four successful workshops on traceability in MDE. As a result of the success of these workshops, the Journal on Software and Systems Modeling therefore invites original, high-quality submissions for its theme issue on “Traceability”, focusing on topics related to traceability in Model-Driven Engineering. We especially seek contributions presenting practical solutions that address traceability issues, as well as papers that present traceability tool solutions. We also seek papers that address how and when traceability information should be added to models, how it should be kept up-to-date, and how, when and for what purposes it can be used. Some specific topics of interest include:

·        How, when and for what purposes traceability information should/can be added to models and artefacts generated and used in an MDE process.

·        How traceability information should be kept up-to-date

·        Tools supporting traceability of model and code artefacts

·        Novel theoretical and technical approaches to handle model-driven traceability, e.g., semantics of trace links.

·        Practical applications and experience with traceability

Editors

Richard Paige

University of York, UK

Jon Oldevik, Tor Neple, Goran K. Olsen

SINTEF, Norway

Editors-in-Chief

Robert France
Colorado State University

Bernhard Rumpe
Tech. Univ. Braunschweig

Important Dates

Paper submission                   01.15.2009

Notification                             03.15.2009

Camera-ready version            05.15.2009

Submission Details

• Papers must be written in a scientifically rigorous manner with adequate references to related work.
• Submitted papers must not be simultaneously submitted in an extended form or in a shortened form to other journals or conferences. It is however possible to submit extended versions of previously published work (e.g., from the ECMDA-FA Traceability Workshops) if less than 75% of the content already appeared in a non-journal publication, or less than 40% in a journal publication. Please see the SoSyM Policy Statement on Plagiarism for further conditions.
• Submitted papers do not need to adhere to a particular format or page limit, but should be prepared using font “Times New Roman” with a font size no smaller than 11 pt, and with 1.5 line spacing. Please consult the SoSyM author information for submitting papers.
• Each paper will be reviewed by three reviewers.

Making a submission

• Prepare your submission with either LaTeX or Word (corresponding packages are available).
• Possible submission formats are:
  • Word (.doc, without macros)
  • Rich Text Format (.rtf)
  • PostScript (.ps, special fonts must be embedded)
  • Adobe Acrobat (.pdf, saved as readable in version 5.0, special fonts embedded)
• Contact the editors with the title of your submission and the full list of authors.
• Submit your work using the online submission system manuscript central:
  • In step 1, select “Special Section Paper” as the manuscript type and select “Dr. Bernhard Rumpe” as the “Editor-in-Chief” (EIC).
  • In step 4, add “Richard Paige” (+ email address) as an editor and choose “Designate as Preferred Editor”.
  • In step 5, make sure field “Cover Letter” includes the line “Submission for Theme Issue on Traceability in MDE”.