<s>
MetaEdit+	B-Application
is	O
an	O
environment	O
for	O
creating	O
and	O
using	O
Domain-Specific	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
languages	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
research	O
behind	O
the	O
genesis	O
of	O
MetaEdit+	B-Application
was	O
carried	O
out	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Jyväskylä	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
MetaPHOR	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
metamodeling	O
and	O
modeling	O
tool	O
,	O
MetaEdit	B-Application
,	O
had	O
been	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
earlier	O
SYTI	O
project	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
and	O
early	O
1990s	O
,	O
in	O
co-operation	O
with	O
a	O
company	O
,	O
MetaCase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
MetaEdit	B-Application
and	O
MetaEdit+	B-Application
were	O
described	O
in	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
(	O
including	O
,	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit	B-Application
allowed	O
graphical	O
metamodeling	O
using	O
Object-Property-Role-Relationship	O
(	O
OPRR	O
)	O
data	O
model	O
,	O
definition	O
of	O
the	O
DSM	O
language	O
notation	O
with	O
a	O
graphical	O
symbol	O
editor	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
definition	O
of	O
code	O
generators	O
using	O
a	O
Domain-Specific	O
Language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
three	O
elements	O
together	O
formed	O
a	O
metamodel	O
file	O
,	O
which	O
configured	O
MetaEdit	B-Application
to	O
support	O
that	O
modeling	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit	B-Application
1.0	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
shareware	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit	B-Application
1.1	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
commercial	B-Application
software	I-Application
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit	B-Application
1.2	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
MetaEdit	B-Application
was	O
limited	O
to	O
supporting	O
one	O
modeling	O
language	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
one	O
user	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
representational	O
paradigm	O
-	O
graphical	O
diagrams	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit+	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
to	O
extend	O
this	O
to	O
multiple	O
integrated	O
modeling	O
languages	O
,	O
multiple	O
simultaneous	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
multiple	O
representational	O
paradigms	O
-	O
diagrams	O
,	O
matrices	O
and	O
tables	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit+	B-Application
2.0	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
of	O
MetaEdit+	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
MetaCase	O
in	O
1995	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit+	B-Application
2.5	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
adding	O
full	O
multi-user	O
facilities	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
Solaris	O
and	O
HP-UX	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit+	B-Application
3.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
Linux	O
and	O
significant	O
new	O
functionality	O
added	O
in	O
three	O
Service	O
Releases	O
over	O
the	O
next	O
few	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit+	B-Application
4.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
with	O
new	O
Diagram	O
and	O
Symbol	O
Editors	O
,	O
support	O
for	O
ports	O
,	O
and	O
interoperability	O
via	O
SOAP	O
and	O
XML	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit+	B-Application
4.5	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2006	O
,	O
adding	O
graphical	O
metamodeling	O
and	O
improving	O
the	O
metamodel	O
,	O
symbol	O
and	O
generator	O
definition	O
facilities	O
and	O
Diagram	O
Editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit+	B-Application
4.5	O
SR1a	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
adding	O
support	O
for	O
newer	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit+	B-Application
5.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
with	O
Eclipse	B-Application
and	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
integration	O
,	O
dynamic	O
symbols	O
,	O
enhanced	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
graphical	O
viewing	O
of	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit+	B-Application
5.1	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2014	O
,	O
adding	O
a	O
hierarchical	O
property	O
sheet	O
,	O
movable	O
dynamic	O
ports	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
property	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit+	B-Application
5.5	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
adding	O
versioning	O
and	O
integration	O
with	O
Version	O
Control	O
Systems	O
like	O
Git	B-Application
and	O
SVN	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
main	O
versions	O
of	O
MetaEdit+	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit+	B-Application
Workbench	O
,	O
including	O
tools	O
for	O
designing	O
and	O
using	O
modeling	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MetaEdit+	B-Application
Modeler	O
,	O
including	O
tools	O
for	O
using	O
modeling	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Normally	O
,	O
MetaEdit+	B-Application
Workbench	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
a	O
few	O
key	O
developers	O
to	O
design	O
a	O
domain-specific	B-Language
modeling	I-Language
language	I-Language
for	O
their	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
,	O
this	O
modeling	O
language	O
is	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
final	O
products	O
using	O
MetaEdit+	B-Application
Modeler	O
.	O
</s>
