What is Model Driven Architecture (MDA)

A specific incarnation of MDE nowadays that defines three abstraction levels, namely Computer Independent, Platform Independent and Platform Specific Models (CIM, PIM and PSM), and promotes the use of OMG standards, like the UML, OCL, BPMN, etc. The principles of MDE emerged as a generalization of the Model Driven Architecture (MDA).

Model-driven architecture (MDA) is a software design approach for the development of software systems. It provides a set of guidelines for the structuring of specifications, which are expressed as models. Model-driven architecture is a kind of domain engineering, and supports model-driven engineering of software systems. It was launched by the Object Management Group (OMG) in 2001.

An Object Management Group (OMG) standard that addresses the complete life cycle of designing, deploying, integrating, and managing applications.

It is an initiative of the Object Management Group to “separate business and application logic from underlying platform technology.”