Meta Model

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Topic Description
Descriptors The meta info model is composed of a set of descriptors that are used to describe the structural information and operation criteria of a component type or service.

Overview

The Meta Model is an object model describing a type of Avalon component. The meta model encompasses all information about a component that is not specified by its work interface and/or lifecycle interfaces. Specifically, the Meta Model allows for specification of lifecycle-related constraints/requirements, i.e. Context, Configuration, Parameter, and Dependency constraints/requirements.

The Meta Model API is a set of well-known interfaces and classes that is used to provide a runtime representation of the meta model.

The Meta Model DTDs are a set of well-known XML DTDs that provide a mapping of the Meta Model API in XML.

The Meta Model XML API provides an implementation of the Meta Model API that takes XML documents following the Meta Model DTDs as source.