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Towards a UML profile for software architecture descriptions

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Mohamed Mancona Kandé,

Alfred StrohmeierAuthors Info & Claims

UML'00: Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on The unified modeling language: advancing the standard

Pages 513 - 527

Published: 02 October 2000 Publication History

Abstract

To formally describe architectures of software systems, specific languages called Architecture Description Languages (ADLs) have been developed by academic institutions and research labs. However, more and more research and industrial projects are using the standard Unified Modeling Language (UML) for representing software architectures of systems. In this paper, we focus on how to extend the UML by incorporating some key abstractions found in current ADLs, such as connectors, components and configurations, and how the UML can be used for modeling architectural viewpoints. Our approach is demonstrated by the software architecture of a video surveillance system. It is therefore the purpose of the paper to show that a UML profile for software architecture abstractions is needed.

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UML'00: Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on The unified modeling language: advancing the standard

October 2000

571 pages

ISBN:354041133X

Editors:
Andy Evans
University of York, Department of Computer Science, York, UK
,
Stuart Kent
University of Kent, Computing Laboratory, Kent, UK
,
Bran Selic
Rational Software Inc., Ontario, Canada

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Project Technology Inc.
IEEE Technical Council on Complexity in Computing
Rational Software Inc.
Kennedy-Carter

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SIGSOFT: ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering

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