PD ISO/TS 18876-2:2003 - Page 2

• — integrating data which may be:
  • — from different sources or with different model contexts,
  • — described by different models, or
  • — defined in different modelling languages;
  • — sharing data among applications through systems integration architectures;
• — resolving conflict between models developed with different objectives;
• — translating data between different encodings;
• — translating models between different modelling languages. This part of ISO 18876 specifies methods for the following:
• — creating and extending integrationmodels;
• — evaluating and selecting an integrationmodel that can integrate two or more application models;
• — creating an application model that is a constrained subset of an integrationmodel to support particular application domain requirements for exchange, sharing, or both;
• — creating a mapping specification between an application model and an integrationmodel. The following are within the scope of this part of ISO 18876:
• — modelling language independent methods for creating and extending an integrationmodel;
• — methods for integrating an application model with an integrationmodel;
• — mapping language independent methods for mapping an application model to an integrationmodel;
• — criteria for the selecting modelling languages and mapping languages that can be used within the specified methods for integration and mapping. The following are outside the scope of this part of ISO 18876:
• — the structure and content of particular integrationmodels;
• — methods for creating and extending particular integrationmodels;
• — methods for mappingapplication models to particular integrationmodels.

NOTE The specific methods that apply to mappings between particular application models and integrationmodels depend on the modelling paradigm(s) applied and on the structure and content of the models.