11.3 Query, Views, and Transformations

Currently a new standard is under development, called the Query, Views, and Transformations Standard (QVT). This standard addresses the way transformations are achieved between models whose languages are defined using the MOF. It will become part of the MOF, and will have the following parts :

• A language for creating views on model

• A language for querying model

• A language for writing transformation definitions

The latter part is the one that is the most relevant to MDA. It will in time be a standardized replacement of the transformation definition language we have defined in section 9.2.