Mapping-Based Approach to Integration of Technical Spaces

Vladimir Dimitrieski1, Slavica Kordic1, Sonja Ristic1, Heiko Kern2, and Ivan Lukovic3

Computer Science and Information Systems, Tome 22 (2025) no. 1

Résumé

In the contemporary business landscape, the seamless integration of software components and systems is vital for ensuring the unimpeded flow of information, which is key to achieving success in the market. While addressing integration issues using standardized communication interfaces is generally preferred, standards are often adjusted or disregarded due to business goals or market strategies. Consequently, developers often resort to the manual development of integration adapters. This process is time-consuming, error-prone and persists as a significant cost factor. In this paper, we address integration issues and introduce a novel mapping-based approach for structured, automated, and reusable integration. We present an automated development process for the integration adapters at a higher level of abstraction, based on model-driven software development principles. We also present a tool called AnyMap and a visual domain-specific modeling language for specifying mappings and generating adapters, and we demonstrate the approach in a practical use case.

Détail

Keywords: mapping-based integration, technical spaces, model transformations, model-driven software development, Industry 4.0