Janne Merilinna, VTT

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End-User Group

• Janne Merilinna, VTT
• Edgars Rencis, Univ of Latvia
• Laurent Safa, Panasonic
• Segev Shachar, Pontis
• Yvette Teiken, OFFIS
• Juha-Pekka Tolvanen, MetaCase

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Types of DSM users

• End user view raises the level of abstraction
• End-user concepts are true DSM
• Different kinds of DSM users
• Language engineer
• Developer of DSM solution
• Developers
• With in the same company
• Power-user, system integrator (hobbyist)
• No access to framework
• Consumer
• Mother, phone application user

Learning curve
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Relevant categories

• Acceptable concepts in the DSL
• Installation of the DSM solution
• Deployment of applications
• Testing and debugging aid
• Usability

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Consumodeler

• Acceptable concepts in the language
• Time (calendar), sequence (card game), location
  (map), switch (menu), selection (wizard, catalog)
• Ex DVD Authoring
• Installation of the DSM solution
• Invisible in best case
• Deployment of applications
• Plug-and-play
• Testing and debugging aid
• Not needed cause it will always work, wont it?
• Usability of the language
• Fun!

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Hobbeler System Integrator

• Acceptable concepts in the language
• Graph, structure, flow, state machine
• Ex Lego Mindstorms
• Installation of the DSM solution
• Installation wizard
• Deployment of applications
• Quick and proven
• Testing and debugging aid
• PC simulation
• (Remote) diagnostic
• Usability of the language
• Fast and easy enough
• Intuitive

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Developer

• Acceptable concepts in the language
• Graph, structure, flow, state machine, text
• Multiple languages
• Installation of the DSM solution
• Similar to other development tools
• Deployment of applications
• Integration with other components of the system
  solution
• Possibility to deploy to several machines for
  test purpose
• Testing and debugging aid
• Debugging in model level
• PC simulator
• Usability of the language
• Expressiveness
• Executability
• Feedback with language engineer

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Language engineer

• Acceptable concepts in the DSL
• Everything goes
• Installation of the DSM solution
• Have it already !
• Deployment of applications
• How to deliver it to others
• Language users administration
• Testing and debugging aid
• Regression test
• Adaptive version control
• Usability of the language
• Quick to develop
• Easy to maintain
• Safe to deliver
• No compiling cycle