1. Design of Transmission Pipeline Modelling Language
Bunakiye Japheth (PhD Student)
Department of Computer Science and Information Systems
Birkbeck University of London
This research work focuses on the development of a domain specific modelling language (DSML) for modelling oil and gas pipeline design.
                  Design of Transmission Pipeline Modelling Language by Japheth Bunakiye Richard is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

2. Research Methodology
The approach to the development of the modeling language was derived from model driven engineering (MDE) technologies. The two main schools of MDE are
1. Model Driven Architecture (MDA)
2. Domain-Specific Modeling (DSM)
MDAs language specifications restricts user to (UML) diagram definition standards
DSM language specifications creates platforms whose type systems and semantics simplify modelling processes.
The DSML approach was adopted

3. Research Objectives
The aim of this research is to use the DSM technology for the application of a domain specific language (DSL) to pipeline design modelling. This we intend to achieve as follows:
To create a semantic mapping of concepts in the oil and gas pipeline application domain to a language formalism with some levels of abstraction.
To create a problem domain as the new platform where these mappings are possible with the model as the core of the language vocabulary and grammar.
To see that stakeholder’s design intents are met in a solution space and are shelved from CAD software and programming complexities.

4. Research Road Map MDA Requirements Elicitation
....Salient Technical Characteristics
MDE
Requirements (Domain) Analysis
..Domain Model
(main concepts/logical elements)
DSML
Model
Requirements Engineering
....FODA(Formal Analysis Models)
Language
Metamodel
Composition Rules
Language Grammar

5. The Big Picture The UI/Custom Editor Formal analysis models
Main Concepts/Logical Elements
--- Pipeline Model
---Vocabulary
Formal analysis models
---- Feature Models
Design of DSML Domain Model
Semantic Model
(denotational semantic elements)
Composition Rules
Design of DSML Grammar
--- Syntax Directed
--- Translation Scheme
Data Binding
.NET CLR Object Serialization function
Implementing the Parser
…….testing
………evaluation
The UI/Custom Editor

6. Main Concepts/Logical Elements --- Pipeline Model ---Vocabulary

7. Formal analysis models
Feature Models

8. Design of DSML Domain Model
Semantic Model
Composition Rules

9. The UI/Custom Editor

10. CFG Instruction Sequence

11. The Translation Scheme

12. Thank You
                  Design of Transmission Pipeline Modelling Language by Japheth Bunakiye Richard is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.