The development of modern complex software-intensive systems often involves the use of multiple
DSMLs that capture different system aspects. Supporting coordinated use of DSMLs leads to what
we call the globalization of modeling languages that is the use of multiple modeling
languages to support coordinated development of diverse aspects of a system. In this book a
number of articles describe the vision and the way globalized DSMLs currently assist integrated
DSML support teams working on systems that span many domains and concerns to determine how
their work on a particular aspect influences work on other aspects. Globalized DSMLs offer
support for communicating relevant information and for coordinating development activities and
associated technologies within and across teams in addition to providing support for imposing
control over development artifacts produced by multiple teams. DSMLs can be used to support
socio-technical coordination by providing the means for stakeholders to bridge the gap between
how they perceive a problem and its solution and the programming technologies used to
implement a solution. They also support coordination of work across multiple teams. DSMLs
developed in an independent manner to meet the specific needs of domain experts have an
associated framework that regulates interactions needed to support collaboration and work
coordination across different system domains. The articles in the book describe how multiple
heterogeneous modeling languages (or DSMLs) can be related to determine how different aspects
of a system influence each other. The book includes a research roadmap that broadens the
current DSML research focus beyond the development of independent DSMLs to one that provides
support for globalized DSMLs.
