Domain Specific Modeling (DSM) as a Service for the Internet of Things & Services

TL;DR

This paper introduces a cloud-based, service-oriented approach for Domain Specific Modeling solutions to develop Sense-Compute-Control applications in the Internet of Things and Services, leveraging Model-Driven Software Engineering.

Contribution

It proposes providing DSM solutions as SaaS in the IoTS, enabling domain owners to offer tailored modeling tools and solutions via the cloud.

Findings

Supports development of SCC applications in IoTS

Enables DSM solutions to be offered as cloud services

Aligns DSM with cloud computing trends

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel approach for developing Sense-Compute-Control (SCC) applications for the Internet of Things and Services (IoTS) following the Model-Driven Software Engineering (MDSE) methodology. We review the recent approaches to MDSE and argue that Domain Specific Modeling (DSM) suites our needs very well. However, in line with the recent trends in cloud computing and the emer-gence of the IoTS, we believe that both DSM creation tools and DSM solutions that are created via those tools should also be provided to their respective users in a service-oriented fashion through the cloud in the IoTS. In this work, we concentrate on the latter, i.e., DSM solu-tions that are created via a DSM creation tool. We argue that it makes sense for the owners of a DSM solution in a domain to provide their DSM solution as a service, following the well known Software as a Ser-vice (SaaS) model, to the interested customers through the IoTS. Our proposed approach concentrates on such a DSM solution for developing SCC applications in the IoTS. However, the idea could be applied to DSM solutions in other domains as well.