4. People { Name=“douglasp”, Age = 37 } People { Name=“douglasp”, Age = 37 } language PeopleLang { syntax Main = "Person" name:Text "Age" "=" age:Integer32 "End Person" } language PeopleLang { syntax Main = "Person" name:Text "Age" "=" age:Integer32 "End Person" } A language for specifying data Languages Values type Person { Name : Text; Age : Integer32; } People: Person*; type Person { Name : Text; Age : Integer32; } People: Person*; Schemas XSLTXSLTXMLXMLXSDXSD

6. DSLsRUNTIMES “MWeb”ASP.NET “MService”WCF “MEntity”EF.NET DSLs We are using “M” to build “Oslo” (our effort to make model-driven applications mainstream) We are developing DSLs for our key.NET Runtimes You can leverage the same tools to embed “M” directly in your applications We are working hard to make “M” ubiquitous across platforms Base Language SQL/XML Mappings M4M “M” will make it easier to design, develop, and manage applications

9. USE THE BITS http://msdn.microsoft.com/oslo GIVE US FEEDBACK csells@microsoft.com douglasp@microsoft.com PARCIPATE IN THE SPEC PROCESS http://msdn.microsoft.com/oslo/msc

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