About the Unified Modeling Language (UML)

OMG's Unified Modeling Language™ (UML®) helps you model a business or software system before doing the coding. UML can be used to analyze a system's future requirement and design accordingly.

UML is good with object-oriented languages and environments like C++, Java and C#. You can also use UML to model non object-oriented applications created with COBOL, Fortran or VB.

There are also subsets of UML, called UML Profiles, to help you model fault tolerant, transactional and real-time systems.

UML is also methodology independent. You can use UML irregardless of what methodology you use to perform analysis and design.

Modeling with UML

Structured Diagrams	Behavior Diagrams	Model Management
Class Diagram Object Diagram Component Diagram Deployment Diagram	Use Case Diagram Sequence Diagram Activity Diagram Collaboration Diagram Statechart Diagram	Packages Subsystems Models

To get started with UML, choose a methodology that suits your setup, then choose a UML development tool designed for that specific methodology.

Resource: www.uml.org

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