%0 Conference Paper %1 mehra05 %A Mehra, Akhil %A Grundy, John %A Hosking, John %B International Conference on Automated Software Engineering %C Long Beach, CA, USA %D 2005 %I ACM Press %K diagram evolution modeling versioning %P 204--213 %R http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1101908.1101940 %T A generic approach to supporting diagram differencing and merging for collaborative design %U http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1101908.1101940 %X Differentiation tools enable team members to compare two or more text files, e.g. code or documentation, after change. Although a number of general-purpose differentiation tools exist for comparing text documents very few tools exist for comparing diagrams. We describe a new approach for realising visual differentiation in CASE tools via a set of plug-in components. We have added diagram version control, visual differentiation and merging support as component-based plug-ins to the Pounamu meta-CASE tool. The approach is generic across a wide variety of diagram types and has also been deployed with an Eclipse diagramming plug-in. We describe our approach's architecture, key design and implementation issues, illustrate feasibility of our approach via implementation of it as plug-in components and evaluate its effectiveness. %@ 1-59593-993-4

@inproceedings{mehra05, abstract = {Differentiation tools enable team members to compare two or more text files, e.g. code or documentation, after change. Although a number of general-purpose differentiation tools exist for comparing text documents very few tools exist for comparing diagrams. We describe a new approach for realising visual differentiation in CASE tools via a set of plug-in components. We have added diagram version control, visual differentiation and merging support as component-based plug-ins to the Pounamu meta-CASE tool. The approach is generic across a wide variety of diagram types and has also been deployed with an Eclipse diagramming plug-in. We describe our approach's architecture, key design and implementation issues, illustrate feasibility of our approach via implementation of it as plug-in components and evaluate its effectiveness.}, added-at = {2007-04-10T20:49:52.000+0200}, address = {Long Beach, CA, USA}, author = {Mehra, Akhil and Grundy, John and Hosking, John}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25351cdaf4c0f3fdf8bbb94cd4ea7333a/neilernst}, booktitle = {International Conference on Automated Software Engineering}, description = {A generic approach to supporting diagram differencing and merging for collaborative design}, doi = {http://doi.acm.org/10.1145/1101908.1101940}, interhash = {adc84e06a84478c719ccdc0fed72a7ee}, intrahash = {5351cdaf4c0f3fdf8bbb94cd4ea7333a}, isbn = {1-59593-993-4}, keywords = {diagram evolution modeling versioning}, pages = {204--213}, publisher = {ACM Press}, timestamp = {2007-04-20T21:59:19.000+0200}, title = {A generic approach to supporting diagram differencing and merging for collaborative design}, url = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?doid=1101908.1101940}, year = 2005 }