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International School on Formal Methods for the Design of Computer, Communication and Software Systems

SFM 2012: Formal Methods for Model-Driven Engineering pp 1–20Cite as

The Less Well Known UML

A Short User Guide

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNPSE,volume 7320))

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The general perception and opinion of the Unified Modeling Language in the minds of many software professionals is colored by its early versions. However, the language has evolved into a qualitatively different tool: one that not only supports informal lightweight sketching in early phases of development, but also full implementation capability, if desired. Unfortunately, these powerful new capabilities and features of the language remain little known and are thus underutilized. In this article, we first review how UML has changed over time and what new value it can provide to practitioners. Next, we focus on and explain one particularly important new modeling capability that is often overlooked or misrepresented and explain briefly what is behind it and how it can be used to advantage.

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  1. Malina Software Corp., Nepean, Ontario, Canada

    Bran Selic

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e Fondamenti, Università di Urbino "Carlo Bo", Piazza della Repubblica 13, 61029, Urbino, Italy

    Marco Bernardo

  2. Dipartimento di Informatica, Università dell’Aquila, via Vetoio 1, 67010, Coppito - L’Aquila, Italy

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Selic, B. (2012). The Less Well Known UML. In: Bernardo, M., Cortellessa, V., Pierantonio, A. (eds) Formal Methods for Model-Driven Engineering. SFM 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7320. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30982-3_1

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