ALSO CALLED: Unified Modeling Language and Modeling Languages DEFINITION: UML (Unified Modeling Language) is a standard notation for the modeling of real-world objects as a first step in developing an object-oriented design methodology. Its notation is derived from and unifies the notations of three object-oriented design and analysis methodologies:
UML DEFINITION (continued): … Booch's methodology for describing a set of objects and their relationships
James Rumbaugh's Object-Modeling Technique (OMT)
Ivar Jacobson's approach which includes a use case methodology
Other ideas also contributed to UML, which was the result of a work effort by Booch, Rumbaugh, Jacobson, and others to combine their ideas, working under the sponsorship of Rational Software. UML has been fostered and now is an accepted standard of the Object Management Group … UML definition sponsored by SearchSoftwareQuality.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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