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- Types of users
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- For the Modelverse, we identify three types of users.
- It is possible for a user to switch between these three different types over time.
- The remainder of this documentation is however split up based on these three types: modellers, language engineers, and developers.
- Due to the design of the Modelverse, language engineers must also know all about modelling: languages are created through modelling.
- Similarly, developers must know about all knowledge of the modeller and language engineer, as they must implement operations for them.
- Nonetheless, there is still a different focus and different requirements for their domain knowledge.
- Modeller
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- The majority of the users of the Modelverse will fall in the category of modellers.
- These users make use of the languages provided by other users, by instantiating them.
- While this is likely the biggest category of users, they will mostly be shielded from the Modelverse by the MvI.
- For modellers, the documentation is focused on instantiating existing languages and modifying models or executing processes on specific models.
- Language Engineer
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- Language engineers are the second category of users, who create languages to be used by the modellers.
- Language engineering in the Modelverse is similar to modelling, as metamodels are models themselves.
- Modelverse Developer
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- The final category of users is that of Modelverse developer.
- Developers of the Modelverse will modify the internals of the Modelverse, but, as the Modelverse is explicitly modelled, they often make use of modelling and language engineering operations as well.
- Nonetheless, various files are stored externally from the Modelverse, and can be modified without the Modelverse (e.g., bootstrap code).
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