Profile (UML)
A profile in the Unified Modeling Language (UML) provides a generic extension mechanism for customizing UML models for particular domains and platforms. Extension mechanisms allow refining standard semantics in strictly additive manner, preventing them from contradicting standard semantics.[1]
Profiles are defined using stereotypes, tag definitions, and constraints which are applied to specific model elements, like Classes, Attributes, Operations, and Activities. A Profile is a collection of such extensions that collectively customize UML for a particular domain (e.g., aerospace, healthcare, financial) or platform (J2EE, .NET).
Examples
[edit]The UML Profile for XML is defined by David Carlson in the book "Modeling XML Applications with UML" pp. 310 and describes a set of extensions to basic UML model elements to enable accurate modeling of XSD schemas.
SysML is an Object Management Group (OMG)-standardized profile of Unified Modeling Language which is used for system engineering applications.
MARTE is the OMG standard for modelling real-time and embedded applications with UML2.
The UML profile for relationships [2] (see also [3]) is based on RM-ODP and provides precise specifications of the semantics of UML concepts used to specify generic (not necessarily binary) relationships such as composition and subtyping.
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ Si Alhir, S: Guide to applying the UML, page 350. Springer, 2002
- ^ Object Management Group. UML Profile for Relationships. http://www.omg.org/cgi-bin/doc?formal/2004-02-07
- ^ Haim Kilov. 2015. Business Modelling: Understandable Patterns, Practices, and Tools. In: Revised Selected Papers of the International Workshops on Behavior Modeling -- Foundations and Applications - Volume 6368, Ella Roubtsova, Ashley Mcneile, Ekkart Kindler, and Christian Gerth (Eds.), Vol. 6368. Springer-Verlag New York, Inc., New York, NY, USA, 3-27. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21912-7_1
References
[edit]- Si Alhir, Sinan (2002). Guide to applying the UML. Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-95209-3.
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