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+// this is a comment
+
+// place imports here, e.g.
+// import uri 
+
+AdaptationProcess ExampleProcessName {
+
+	goal
+		description "A verbose description of the goal of the adaptation process so that 
+			anyone can understand the purpose of the modeled adaptation process"
+		objectives:
+			Objective Objective1Name specification "A string specifying the objective 1"
+			Objective Objective2Name specification "A string specifying the objective 2"
+	
+	actions:
+		Action Action1Name operationType SCALE_OUT {
+			// optional input output parameters
+			input param1Name, param3Name
+			output param3Name
+			referredAdaptationPoint ref:xyz1 // I have no clue so far how to refer to external model instances
+		}
+		Action Action2Name operationType SCALE_IN {
+			// optional parameters
+			referredAdaptationPoint ref:xyz2 // I have no clue so far how to refer to external model instances
+		}
+	
+	tactics:
+		Tactic Tactic1Name {
+			// optional input output parameters
+			input param1Name, param3Name
+			output param3Name
+			implementedPlan{StartAction, Action1Name, ... Action2Name, StopAction}
+		}
+		Tactic Tactic2Name {
+			// optional input output parameters
+			implementedPlan{
+			StartAction,
+			// Some other actions
+			StopAction
+			}
+		}
+	
+	strategies:
+		Strategy Strategy1Name {
+			objective Objective1Name
+			triggeringEvents Event EventXYName
+			tactics {
+				WeightedTactic usedTactic Tactic1Name 1.3 1.0 ref:LastImpactXY1, 
+				WeightedTactic usedTactic Tactic2Name 2.1 2.0 ref:LastImpactXY2
+			}
+			weightingFunction WeightingFunction1Name {
+				WeightedMetric 1.9 ref:ResponseTimeMetric1
+				WeightedMetric 2.3 ref:UtilizationMetric1
+			}
+		}
+
+	// definition of parameters should be optional
+	parameters:
+		Parameter param1Name
+		Parameter param2Name
+		Parameter param3Name
+}
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