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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.

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.

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.

(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...

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.

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!

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

You might have already heard the news, earlier this week during Siemens PLM Connection Americas 2018, Joe Bohman announced that Siemens PLM was partnering wi...

⦏Breaking News Eclipse Sirius⦎ SiriusCon 2017!

SiriusCon 2017 has never been so close! The third edition of this conference will take place this Thursday, the 9th of November in the beautiful Paris! A who...

North America, here we come!

Industries are relying either on ad hoc or rigid tools for systems engineering. Either the tool is built “in-house” and grow organically or it is bought to o...

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

I’m deeply honored of being part of the program committee again for EclipseCon Europe 2017.

EcoreTools: user experience revamped thanks to Sirius 5.0

Every year the Eclipse M7 milestone act as a very strong deadline for the projects which are part of the release train: it’s then time for polishing and refi...

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

At Obeo, we believe that modeling is the right way to help IT and industry engineers collaborate efficiently on the design of their smart products. Our innov...

⦏Breaking News Eclipse Sirius⦎ SiriusCon 2016 is coming!

The team is not only polishing Sirius 4.1.0 which is planned for the end of September, but also preparing for the ultimate event for the Sirius community aka...

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

Ecore.ecore using EcoreTools

A few weeks ago I ended up on the following thread on the EMF Forum asking for Ecore meta-model formal documentation?. Ed pointed at some documentation which...

Metamodel (Ecore) Design Checklist

This is an index page for the Metamodel (Ecore) Design Checklist serie, a condensed version listing all the rules of the article (part1 and part2) for your c...

Metamodel (Ecore) Design Checklist - part 2

This article is the second part of a series focusing on metamodel design (more especially Ecore models). Following the first part focused on some ground rul...

Metamodel (Ecore) Design Checklist - part 1

Be meticulous with the model describing your domain! So many aspects of your tool will trickle down from your Ecore model that it pays a lot to pause for a b...

Eclipse Modeling Package Neon M6 is ready for testing

The teams have been working hard and pushed many changes. I’ve been tweeting those as they went but I figured that compiling a list into a blogpost could be ...

Executing, Debugging and Animating your model

As the Gemoc project is close to completion and as the question of animating the domain specific model with Sirius was asked to me quite frequently in the la...

Obeo Turns 10

Obeo celebrated its 10th birthday a few days ago. If you rank numbers by their symbolic power the number 10 is probably pretty high on the list. It should at...

Some news on the AQL front

The Acceleo Query Language implementation has been announced in August and is the recommended interpreter starting with Sirius 3.1. As we prepare the Eclips...

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...

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

We’re working a lot on Obeo Designer 5.0 — release planned for Q1 2011 — on the traceability support and the next-gen model to text transformation language.

Model Comparison : Patching with MPatch

The following message is posted on this blog on behalf of Patrick Könemann.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower

Maybe Twitter gives a false impression that you’re keeping the users informed of what is going on. False because 140 chars can’t be enough!

Eclipse Helios - a whole year of goodness

Eclipse Helios is a release, but it’s also a complete development cycle in a global and distributed team of committers. Since I chose 3 features I especially...

3 Good Reasons to use the Helios Modeling Package

Now that the entire world noticed that I don’t know even one thing about soccer and I’m even trying to cheat, I should get back to sharing what I understand ...

Forecasts Comparison For The World !

I have to admit I know nothing about soccer. Yes I’m a French guy, but I know nothing about soccer. That said I’m not against having a few beers in front of ...

Eclipse Modeling Survey results

The survey has been going on for more than one week now and the trends are only enforcing themselves. Let’s summarize it:

Eclipse Modeling Package Survey

I’ve been quiet in the planet lately; it doesn’t mean I’ve been inactive — quite the contrary in fact. Just like all the other committers I’ve spent the last...

Compare/Helios - Every Second Counts

I tend to break a lot of keyboards. Not because I release all the aggression that I hold deep within me on them, but because I drool testing the product Obeo...

I'm a poor, lonesome cowboy ..

I’m a long long way from home.

Diff, Merge and Patch your Models with Helios

Ok, you’re stuck at home, you are one of the numerous budget shortcuts victims? You did not have the chance to come at EclipseCon? Here is some kind of trans...

Modeling Project Runaway : ATL

“Modeling Project Runaway” was the talk you had to attend to get a vision of what is going on in Eclipse Modeling and, more especially, how lively this commu...

Eclipse Amalgamation 2.0

I’m waiting for a nightly M6 Modeling package to get downloaded on my laptop. As I’ve got a few hours to wait, I’ll use this chance to give news about the Am...

Its time already !

Ecore In Colors (In Motion)

Speaking about Ecore In Colors, if you’re interested, here is a small Flash demo showing the kind of interactions you can specify in a Viewpoint Specificatio...

Unusual Propulsion System

It’s been more than four years now since I joined the just founded Obeo company and started to be involved in the Eclipse Community. I had the chance to join...

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 :)