D (Domain-Specific Language Tools Glossary)

• debugging project
  The Visual Studio project that is opened by the generated designer when it is run in debug mode.

• designer definition
  An XML file that contains information about a ___domain-specific language. It has a .dsl file name extension.

• directive
  An instruction in a text template that tells the engine and the host how to process the template.

• directive processor
  A component that is registered with the text templating host to process directives in a text template. When the engine identifies a custom directive in the text template, it asks the host for a directive processor that can process the directive.

• ___domain model
  The representation of a ___domain-specific language. It includes ___domain classes, ___domain relationships between the ___domain classes, and ___domain properties on the ___domain classes.

• ___domain class
  A ___domain model element that represents an entity in a ___domain-specific language.

• ___domain model element
  An element of a ___domain-specific language. Domain model elements include ___domain classes, ___domain relationships, connectors, and shapes.

• ___domain path
  The path syntax that is used to locate model elements in a ___domain-specific language model. Domain paths use the following format: RelationshipName.RolePropertyName\!RoleName.

• ___domain relationship
  A ___domain model element that represents an embedding or reference relationship in a ___domain-specific language.

• ___domain-specific language
  A custom language that is created for a specific problem ___domain, and that defines entities and relationships in terms of that ___domain.

• Domain-Specific Language Designer
  The graphical editor that is used to define a ___domain-specific language in Visual Studio.

• Domain-Specific Language Designer Wizard
  The wizard that is used to create a ___domain-specific language solution in Visual Studio.

• Domain-Specific Language Tools
  The set of tools that is used to create ___domain-specific languages. The tools include the Toolbox, the diagram, the DSL Explorer, and the DSL Details window.