Patterns for renaming and stamping out object-oriented models.

Modern system engineering is supported by a families of modelling languages; each member of a specific family addresses a different aspect of the application domain. Constructing families of modelling languages is facilitated by the use of packages and templates. Packages are containers of modelling elements. Packages may be specialised and merged. Renamings may be applied to packages. Templates are parameteric packages. New packages are constructed by supplying arguments to a template. Packages and templates rely on the following underlying technology: specialisation; merging; renaming and stamping. Specialisation and merging have been described elsewhere; this paper defines mechanisms for renaming and stamping.