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The Unified Modeling Language (UML) does not fully address the needs of some important modeling domains, including goals and non-functional requirements (NFR). However, UML can be extended and tailored through the definition of profiles. In this paper, we propose a UML profile for the Goal-oriented Requirement Language (GRL), the goal/NFR notation of the User Requirements Notation (URN), recently standardized by ITU-T as Recommendation Z.151. Our profile is based on the abstract metamodel of GRL defined in accordance with ITU-T Recommendation Z.111 (meta-metamodel). This GRL metamodel has already been successfully tested and implemented in the jUCMNav Eclipse plug-in (a URN modeling tool). The profiling approach used in this paper adheres to the guidelines for UML profile design defined in ITU-T Recommendation Z.119. The resulting profile has been implemented in a UML 2 tool, namely IBM Rational Tau 4.0, and validated with case studies. Our experience and lessons learned are also discussed.
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Abid, M.R., Amyot, D., Somé, S.S., Mussbacher, G. (2009). A UML Profile for Goal-Oriented Modeling. In: Reed, R., Bilgic, A., Gotzhein, R. (eds) SDL 2009: Design for Motes and Mobiles. SDL 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5719. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04554-7_9
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