This is basically what MetaModelling is about. A model of your model. Boom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamodeling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamodelin

This is basically what MetaModelling is about. A model of your model. Boom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamodeling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamodeling Its used a lot in defining DLS's. Or Programming languages in general. Also editors often need to work one level higher in the abstraction chain. Abstractions around sourcecode. Lisp is the master is this.