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Using the UML for Architectural Description

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«UML»’99 — The Unified Modeling Language (UML 1999)

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There is much interest in using the Unified Modeling Language (UML) for architectural description — those techniques by which architects sketch, capture, model, document and analyze architectural knowledge and decisions about software-intensive systems. IEEE P1471, the Recommended Practice for Architectural Description, represents an emerging consensus for specifying the content of an architectural description for a software-intensive system. Like the UML, IEEE P1471 does not prescribe a particular architectural method or life cycle, but may be used within a variety of such processes. In this paper, I provide an overview of IEEE P1471, describe its conceptual framework, and investigate the issues of applying the UML to meet the requirements of IEEE P1471.

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    Rich Hilliard

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  1. Department of Computer Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, 80523-1873, USA

    Robert France

  2. Institut für Informatik, Technische Universität München, D-80290, München, Germany

    Bernhard Rumpe

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Hilliard, R. (1999). Using the UML for Architectural Description. In: France, R., Rumpe, B. (eds) «UML»’99 — The Unified Modeling Language. UML 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1723. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46852-8_4

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