• MDSE – The basics → see “mof, ocl, ecore, emf”
• Text to Model (T2M) transformation is about parsing concrete syntax and creating an internal representation that is easier to handle → see “xtext and xtend”
• Model to Model (M2M) transformation is about working with the internal representation → see “startransformer and cts”
• Model to Text (M2T) transformation (also known as “code generation”) is about creating concrete syntax from the internal representation → see “xpand, jet, etl”

• MDSE (German)
• Meta modelling
• Eclipse Modelling Project
• The OMG Specifications → OMG Meta Object Facility (MOF) Core Specification see “The Essential MOF (EMOF) Model” (p. 41)
• Ecore Specification
• The Eclipse Manuals
• The EMF Overview by Lars Vogel
• The OCL Intro by Cesare Tinelli

• Xtext website ← Excellent material
• Xtend website ← Excellent material

Xpand

• Xpand
• Xpand Documentation 2004-2010
• Very brief (mainly advertisements for consultancy services)
  • Tutorial by Peter Friese
  • Tutorial by Lars Vogel

JET

• Eclipse Tutorial
• Tutorial by Lars Vogel

ETL

• Official ETL Website

• StarTransformer website
• Conditional Transformations website
• CT presentation by Fabian Noth: PDF, PPSX with animation