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Basically, an MDA tool is a tool used to develop, interpret, compare, align, measure, verify, transform, etc. models or metamodels.<ref>{{cite document|author=Bézivin, J, Gérard, S, Muller, P-A, and Rioux, L|title=MDA components: Challenges and Opportunities|version=In: Metamodelling for MDA|year=2003|url=http://www.sciences.univ-nantes.fr/lina/atl/www/papers/MDAComponents-ChallengesOpportunities.V1.3.PDF|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206191031/http://www.sciences.univ-nantes.fr/lina/atl/www/papers/MDAComponents-ChallengesOpportunities.V1.3.PDF|archivedate=2006-12-06}}</ref> In the following section "model" is interpreted as meaning any kind of model (e.g. a UML model) or metamodel (e.g. the CWM metamodel). In any MDA approach we have essentially two kinds of models: ''initial models'' are created manually by human agents while ''derived models'' are created automatically by programs. For example, an analyst may create a UML initial model from its observation of some loose business situation while a Java model may be automatically derived from this UML model by a [[Model transformation]] operation.

An MDA tool may be a tool used to check models for completeness, inconsistencies, or error and warning conditions.

An MDA tool may be a tool used to check models for completeness, inconsistencies, or error and warning conditions. Also used to calculate metrics for the model.<ref name="MonperrusJézéquel2008">{{cite book|last1=Monperrus|first1=Martin|title=Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems|volume=5301|last2=Jézéquel|first2=Jean-Marc|last3=Champeau|first3=Joël|last4=Hoeltzener|first4=Brigitte|chapter=A Model-Driven Measurement Approach|year=2008|pages=505–519|issn=0302-9743|doi=10.1007/978-3-540-87875-9_36|series=Lecture Notes in Computer Science|isbn=978-3-540-87874-2}}</ref>

Some tools perform more than one of the functions listed above. For example, some creation tools may also have transformation and test capabilities. There are other tools that are solely for creation, solely for graphical presentation, solely for transformation, etc.