Duplicate merge avoidance in parallel development of interdependent semi-derived artifacts

摘要

Described is a method for merging artifacts in a parallel development of interdependent semi-derived artifacts. A combination of forward engineering, reverse engineering and merge operations are used to avoid duplication in resolving conflicting semantic changes encountered during conventional delivery of the artifacts to an integration stream. According to the method, local changes to the artifacts are visible to users of the integration stream and intermediate merge operations are performed.