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Open Community Experience 2024: Obeo was there!

Highlights from OCX 2024 in Mainz for Eclipse/open‑source and MBSE practitioners, with takeaways on Sirius Web, SysON, and the Cyber Resilience Act's impact.

Talk Open Innovation Unleashed — OCX 2024, Mainz

OCX 2024 talk resources for Eclipse/MBSE practitioners—context, slides, and why open innovation and stewardship matter now.

Advancing Web-Based Modeling Tools with Sirius Web: An Illustration with SysON

Slides & demos: what Sirius Web and SysON enable for SysMLv2 on the web.

Talk Advancing Web‑Based Modeling with Sirius Web — MODELS 2024, Vienna

MODELS 2024 Industry Day session for engineers exploring web‑based modeling—Sirius Web and SysON resources and why it matters.

How much time do I need to make coffee ?

A short demo of a Sirius Web prototype for Monte Carlo ‘guesstimates’—for modelers and engineers—showing how to build domain tools fast.

Talk (Sirius + Papyrus) × Web — EclipseCon 2023, Ludwigsburg

EclipseCon 2023 session: collaboration between Obeo and CEA on Sirius Web and Papyrus Web—slides, video, and who should care.

(Sirius + Papyrus) × Web: a new Era for Collaborative Engineering tools

Announcing Obeo×CEA collaboration on Sirius Web, Papyrus Web editors, and SysMLv2 SysON—for MBSE leaders seeking open, collaborative web tooling and why it m...

Talk (Sirius + Papyrus) × Web — MODELS 2023, Industry Day

MODELS 2023 Industry Day session on Sirius Web and Papyrus Web—context and resources for collaborative engineering teams.

Do you know Ecore? Looking for a reference card?

A one‑page Ecore reference card—handy for EMF users and educators—explaining why the core model concepts still matter and how to use them today.

What if you could design, simulate and analyze all at once using Open-Source solutions?

A demo of Sirius Web × Jupyter Notebook—for engineers and data‑minded teams—showing why live design, simulation, and analysis together can transform workflow...

Are your engineering tools built on top of strong and well-maintained technologies?

Why well‑maintained OSS foundations matter for engineering tools—Sirius’ 12 releases in 2022 show reliability for teams betting long‑term, today.

Building Graphical Modeling Tools, Approaches to Reducing Complexity

How to cut complexity when building graphical modelers—for tool builders and engineering leaders—using modular design, DSLs, and fast iteration on the web.

Talk The State of Sirius — SiriusCon 2021

SiriusCon 2021 keynote on where Sirius is and where it’s going—useful for teams planning Eclipse/Sirius roadmaps.

Paper Open Source Community Participation Drives Business Success — eBook

Contribution to the Eclipse Foundation eBook on open‑source participation—audience, why it matters, and where to read.

Interview by Strumenta

Language Engineering Talks #06—an interview for language engineering and modeling readers—sharing perspectives on OSS tooling and why it matters.

Obeo's Chronicles, Autumn 2020

Q4 2020 company update for the Eclipse/modeling community—Sirius Web’s open‑source reveal, Capella Days, and why it matters for tool builders now.

Let's Do It! Obeo loves The SeaCleaners

I am deeply convinced a company is not only an economical actor. It has a much wider responsibility as any decision also has social, environmental or even po...

The Rising Adoption of Capella

Witnessing an OSS technology getting together with a wide group of users is something I find exhilarating, I have experienced it with Acceleo, EMF Compare an...

SiriusCon 2018 is SiriusCon Live!

Event announcement: SiriusCon 2018 goes online as SiriusCon Live; for modelers and tool makers using Eclipse Sirius; highlights community momentum, deep tech...

Siemens partnering with Obeo on Model Based Systems Engineering solution - a major recognition for OSS Modeling Techs

Partnership announcement: Siemens teams with Obeo on MBSE using open‑source Eclipse technologies; for systems engineers and tool builders; signals enterprise...

⦏Breaking News Eclipse Sirius⦎ SiriusCon 2017!

SiriusCon 2017 arrives in Paris this week with deep Sirius content, companion tech, and user stories: for tool builders and adopters; why it matters—exclusiv...

North America, here we come!

Obeo expands to North America with a Vancouver subsidiary and leadership shifts (Cédric as CEO, Mélanie as CTO): for partners and MBSE adopters; why it matte...

You only have a few more hours to submit to EclipseCon Europe!

Last-hours call to submit talks to EclipseCon Europe 2017: for community speakers and project leads; why it matters—help shape the program with focused, to-t...

EcoreTools: user experience revamped thanks to Sirius 5.0

A hands-on look at EcoreTools’ Oxygen revamp powered by Sirius properties: for EMF/Sirius tool builders and modelers; why it matters—lighter code, better UX,...

Talk Great new features in the Eclipse IDE — Devoxx France 2017

Highlights of Eclipse IDE enhancements presented at Devoxx France 2017—what’s useful for everyday productivity.

Graphical Modeling from 2016 to 2017: Better, Faster, Stronger

Year‑end recap and 2017 roadmap for graphical modeling with Sirius: for tool builders and adopters; why it matters—properties view, UX polish, and a push on ...

⦏Breaking News Eclipse Sirius⦎ SiriusCon 2016 is coming!

SiriusCon 2016 announced: a one‑day, content‑packed, free event in Paris; for Sirius users and tool makers; why it matters—best practices, roadmap, clinic, a...

Psst, psst, you might want to submit right now for EclipseCon Europe!

One week left to submit for EclipseCon Europe 2016: for speakers and project leads; why it matters—community voting favors early entries, keep abstracts shar...

Ecore.ecore using EcoreTools

Fresh, high‑res Ecore.ecore diagrams recreated with EcoreTools: for EMF users and educators; why it matters—clear visuals and how‑to tips to document the met...

Metamodel (Ecore) Design Checklist

Index for the Ecore design checklist series: for EMF practitioners; why it matters—quick one‑page reference linking both parts for everyday use.

Metamodel (Ecore) Design Checklist - part 2

Ecore design checklist (part 2): scalability and Java mapping tips for EMF modelers; for tool builders; why it matters—keep models fast, lean, and maintainab...

Metamodel (Ecore) Design Checklist - part 1

A practical Ecore metamodel design checklist (part 1): for EMF/Sirius tool makers; why it matters—get fundamentals right early to avoid costly refactors later.

Eclipse Modeling Package Neon M6 is ready for testing

Eclipse Modeling Package Neon M6 highlights and changes: for Eclipse modelers and tool builders; why it matters—new features, speedups, packaging tweaks—plea...

Executing, Debugging and Animating your model

Animate, debug, and execute your DSL models with GEMOC + Sirius: for DSML authors and modelers; why it matters—see live behavior (with video) as GEMOC nears ...

Obeo Turns 10

Obeo turns 10: a look back at our open‑source journey and growth; for partners, customers, and community; why it matters—values, people, and OSS model shapin...

Some news on the AQL front

What’s new in AQL for Sirius 3.1/Mars.2: for Sirius specifiers and EMF toolsmiths; why it matters—faster queries, Java‑extensible services, better validation...

EclipseCon Europe 2015 is over but SiriusCon is coming!

EclipseCon Europe 2015 is over now. This conference is the one in which the “Eclipse Family” feeling is the most inescapable. The downside of this is that on...

AQL - a new interpreter for Sirius

TL;DR: we’ve been working on a new query interpreter for Sirius which is small, simple, fast, extensible and bring richer validation. It’s been released for ...

What makes EclipseCon Europe a good conference ?

EclipseCon Europe 2014 is getting close and it will only get harder to book hotel rooms and flights. It’s probably time to decide whether you come or not. Le...

Eclipse @Devoxx

I’m back from a full week at Devoxx in Antwerpen- Belgium. I was there to present the Sirius project and Eclipse Modeling at the Eclipse Foundation booth. (b...

Eclipse Modeling Package - The Road to Luna

Since the last public survey, my primary focus for the modeling package was:

Will you be Sirius at EclipseCon Europe ?

We’ve been in some sort of “Stealth mode” since the proposal for Eclipse Sirius got accepted. It did not make sense to us to communicate on Sirius as long as...

Interview — Sirius getting contributed to Eclipse

Discussion on contributing Sirius to Eclipse—why governance matters and what it enables.

Introducing Eclipse Sirius

You might have noticed some signs of excitement from us lately, one being the following tweet:

Learning from the source

I don’t know about you, but at Obeo we’re preparing for EclipseCon North America. Eclipse Conferences are great; so many things are built on top of Eclipse o...

On being open and transparent

We always intend to run our Eclipse projects as real open-source projects. Being open, transparent and so on. The Eclipse Development process forces you to d...

Obeo Designer 6.1.0 - no 4.x platform... yet !

EMF Core does not change, but ..

EclipseCon Europe - Time to hurry up !

Eclipse DemoCamp Nantes - Live Broadcast

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Upcoming Events

With Juno’s arriving to the end of the release cycle, Eclipse Day’s are popping up everywhere in the world.

Preparing EclipseCon US 2012

We are pretty active in Eclipse:

Graphical, textual, table, trees, its your call, to us its just EMF models

Lately I’ve been making sure the upcoming Designer 6.0 release still plays well with Xtext. Results: fairly good. The newly introduced “Modeling Project” let...

Do you want to discard this editor's changes ?

If you’ve used EMF editors you probably already have seen this kind of dialog:

Eclipse Day Paris 2011

Eclipse Day Paris took place a few weeks ago; every year it is scheduled the week after Eclipse Con Europe. I had the chance to attend the 2011 edition and i...

SysML Comparison and Contributions

Community and Ecosystem

Follow the White Rabbit ...

at Eclipse Day Paris!

Obeo @ Eclipse Con Europe

Obeo invests a lot in Eclipse projects (yes, we are a Strategic Member of the Eclipse Foundation); we’re building, in the open, the modeling platform we need...

Model Transformation Preview

Let’s say you have a model-to-model transformation, and you want to provide the ability for the end-user to see and control what is going to be applied on th...

Model Comparison : Logical Model, UML, Papyrus, EcoreTools and GMF Integration

Synchronizing data : Dropbox-like based on open-source stack

I had to find a solution for my backup/cloud drive needs lately. Dropbox works just fine, but the pricing is going high too fast as you want more space.

Textual Adventures in Ecore + Graphical Modeler

I was cleaning up my ${HOME} folder today and found a set of demos I prepared two years ago.

Eclipse Modeling : the definitive tutorial

One of the things we keep hearing from adopters is: we need more doc — not just reference documentation but also how to use and combine the Eclipse Modeling ...

Collaborative Modeling : the New Deal

Want to know how we tackle collaborative modeling @ Obeo? Want to see live demos of consistent optimistic or painless pessimistic strategies? Want to see mor...

Live request interpreter for Acceleo 3.2

Laurent is working on an Interpreter View for Acceleo 3.2 (coming soon).

Measuring Performances

Performance is a feature — your users need it and so does your product. The code is changing, always; keeping track of the effect of those changes on perform...

Comparing pom.xml files while waiting for indigo

I know you’re all waiting for the Indigo release final bits! These 0 and 1 are finding their way on the mirrors as I’m writing to make sure we’ll get the smo...

Eclipse Modeling Package : SDK or not ?

The indigo release will be the first year the Eclipse Modeling package is no more marked as “incubating”. As I’m checking the status of every component I’m w...

Mylyn Intent @ EclipseCon 2011

In case you’re not aware (yet ;) ) the Mylyn Intent proposal is going forward — if everything goes well we’ll be able to get a shiny git repository on Eclips...

2011 - The Thrill

One- two-three, one-two-three.. 2011 begins … one-two-three..

Sequence Diagrams for your DSL's

Obeo Designer 5.0 sneak peek—cleaner diagram UI, embedded toolbars, quick outline for diagrams, and a demo for sequence‑style DSLs.

Model Comparison : Patching with MPatch

Introducing MPatch in EMF Compare—capture changes as reusable model patches and apply them across different models with smart resolution.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower

Autumn updates at Obeo: Helios SR shipped, new hires, and a handy Acceleo 3 trick—calling Java services from templates with quick fixes.

Eclipse Helios - a whole year of goodness

Helios as a year‑long journey: community milestones, conferences, and the bits that made Eclipse Modeling better for real users.

3 Good Reasons to use the Helios Modeling Package

Three reasons the Helios Modeling Package became my daily driver—hidden EMF goodies, EcoreTools diagrams, and full SDK access—with add‑ons to try.

Forecasts Comparison For The World !

Fun EMF hack: use EMF Compare to diff and merge World Cup forecasts—custom matchers, code snippets, and screenshots included.

Eclipse Modeling Survey results

What the Eclipse Modeling survey revealed—documentation and examples top the list, plus size trade‑offs and ideas to crowdsource improvements.

Eclipse Modeling Package Survey

Quick 6‑question survey to shape the Eclipse Modeling Package for Indigo—what you use, what’s missing, and where to invest next.

Compare/Helios - Every Second Counts

EMF Compare performance sprint for Helios—much faster matching and lower memory on large models, with data and what’s next.

I'm a poor, lonesome cowboy ..

Post‑EclipseCon 2010 notes: highlights across EMF Compare, e4, CDO, Mylyn, ATL, and the Modeling package—community energy in one place.

Diff, Merge and Patch your Models with Helios

A practical tour of EMF Compare in Helios—semantic diff/merge, Team integration, and how the matching engine scales for real model workflows.

Modeling Project Runaway : ATL

ATL gets a major tooling refresh—refining mode, improved editors, and a Java API—highlighted in the ‘Modeling Project Runaway’ session.

Eclipse Amalgamation 2.0

How Amalgamation reshaped the Eclipse Modeling Package into a lean Modeling SDK with P2 discovery—what changed and why it helps adopters.

Its time already !

Call for Google Summer of Code 2010 contributors on Eclipse—ideas from EMF Shell to CuteGEF, and how students and committers can jump in now.

Ecore In Colors (In Motion)

A short demo of Ecore In Colors showing VSM‑driven interactions and the resulting modeler—for Ecore users curious about richer, interactive tooling.

Unusual Propulsion System

Reflections on Obeo’s early bet on open‑source and the Eclipse community—why that ‘unusual propulsion system’ powered real, sustainable growth.

Eclipse Summit : here we come !

Heading to Eclipse Summit Europe—slides and session on Acceleo’s journey—for community members planning their ESE agenda this week.

Exploring Eclipse Plugins: beyond Terra Incognita

A one‑day cartography of Eclipse plugins with PDE APIs—for Eclipse engineers needing step‑by‑step exploration of dependencies and extensions now.

Having more control ...

Regain control of your tooling with domain models, viewpoints, and generation—for developers who want less overhead and more value from modeling today.

The 09/09/09 09:09 0.9.0 Release

A numerically auspicious Acceleo 0.9 I‑build and ESE talk lineup—for Acceleo users tracking milestones and planning to meet in Ludwigsburg.

Let's take a step back ...

Taking stock of web‑app vs. desktop trends and Eclipse’s path to easy install, updates, and collaboration—for platform builders deciding where to invest now.

Feedback from IT companies leveraging Acceleo

Real‑world feedback from Capgemini, Atos, Orange, Bull on Acceleo—for IT leaders and dev teams weighing model‑driven approaches for agility and quality.

Eclipse Acceleo Day is going on...

Live notes from Eclipse Acceleo Day at LSM—for Eclipse/modeling practitioners following community news, sessions, and takeaways as they happen.

Galileo Modeling Package is Here

Galileo Modeling Package download and highlights—for developers seeking a ready‑to‑use modeling stack and what’s new in this release today.

Quick glimpse at Galileo Modeling Package

A tour of Galileo’s Modeling Package—EcoreTools, EMF Compare, Xtext, Acceleo—for Eclipse users evaluating what’s new and useful right now.

Viewpoints-enabled Modeling Tools

Viewpoints‑enabled modeling that shows only what matters—for system designers who need focused representations and actions aligned to current concerns.

The 20 minute Graphical Modeler based on Eclipse

Build a working graphical modeler in ~20 minutes on Eclipse Modeling—for tool builders who need fast iteration, conditional styles, and live feedback.

Live Models Using JBoss Rules (Drools) and EMF

Live EMF models driven by Drools rules—for modelers and architects who want instantaneous, quantitative feedback on design quality during editing.

Award Winning Acceleo moving to Eclipse

Award‑winning Acceleo joins Eclipse—for template‑based code generation users who care about open governance, roadmaps, and community momentum right now.

Eclipse Modeling Summer of Code 2009

Google Summer of Code ideas across EMF/Acceleo/Modeling—for students and mentors eager to build practical tooling and 3D diff visualizations this season.

ShuangXi effect : UI testing and documentation

Using SWTBot to generate tutorial screenshots and test Eclipse UIs—for plugin developers and doc writers who need maintainable, up‑to‑date guides now.

Engineering dictator strikes back : querying your team repository

A modeling kata turning SVN logs into actionable EMF reports with Acceleo—for engineering leads and toolsmiths who want real‑time insight into team activity ...

2008 was full of excitement, let's make an even better 2009 !

A look back at 2008’s Eclipse/modeling highlights and what’s next for 2009—for Eclipse users and open‑source practitioners seeking context and resources righ...

Back from ESE 2008 : WOW !

I’m now back to France after this great conference. Ed covered the “modeling events” quite well already but I can’t prevent myself from sharing my pleasure a...

"Babies are such a nice way to start people"

I did not blog a lot lately, several reasons for that:

Amazing forest

Open-source projects are similar to trees in some ways. They live through time and slowly but steadily grow, becoming much more impressive and at some point ...

Chocolate commit

At work we have a rule: if you commit something which does not compile, or that causes failure of the build, then you have to bring back a chocolates candies...

Modeling at ESE 2007

Eclipse Summit is almost over now; a lot of things happened and the Modeling project is, for sure, really lively.

New licenses for QT : any progress on Eclipse ?

A few days ago the trolls opened their great framework a bit more, adding new licence exceptions on their Free Software edition. This means Qt software can b...

XML files comparison/merge

On the EMFT mailing-list, Martin Taal asked me if EMF compare component was useful when one has to handle XML files.

Joining the community

First time blogging, many first times these days :)