<s>
A	O
platform-independent	B-Architecture
model	I-Architecture
(	O
PIM	O
)	O
in	O
software	B-General_Concept
engineering	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
model	O
of	O
a	O
software	O
system	O
or	O
business	O
system	O
that	O
is	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
specific	O
technological	O
platform	O
used	O
to	O
implement	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
platform-independent	B-Architecture
model	I-Architecture
is	O
most	O
frequently	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
context	O
of	O
the	O
model-driven	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
approach	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
model-driven	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
approach	O
corresponds	O
to	O
the	O
Object	B-Architecture
Management	I-Architecture
Group	I-Architecture
vision	O
of	O
model-driven	B-Language
engineering	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
idea	O
is	O
that	O
it	O
should	O
be	O
possible	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
model	B-Language
transformation	I-Language
language	I-Language
to	O
transform	O
a	O
platform-independent	B-Architecture
model	I-Architecture
into	O
a	O
platform-specific	B-Architecture
model	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
achieve	O
this	O
transformation	O
,	O
one	O
can	O
use	O
a	O
language	O
compliant	O
to	O
the	O
newly	O
defined	O
QVT	B-Language
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
such	O
languages	O
are	O
VIATRA	B-Application
or	O
ATLAS	B-Language
Transformation	I-Language
Language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
means	O
execution	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
is	O
not	O
restricted	O
by	O
the	O
type	O
of	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
used	O
.	O
</s>
