Welcome

The UML Forum is a web community dedicated to the Unified Modeling Language (UML), the industry-standard visual modeling language for specifying software-intensive systems. Here you can find information related to UML specifications, UML tools, UML training, UML methods, UML publications, and UML mailing lists.

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a graphical language for visualizing, specifying, constructing and documenting the artifacts of software-intensive systems. The UML was originally derived from the object modeling languages of three leading object-oriented methods: Booch, Object Modeling Technique (OMT) and Object-Oriented Software Engineering (OOSE). It was first added to the list of Object Management Group (OMG) adopted technologies in 1997, and has since become the industry standard for modeling software-intensive systems.

You are encouraged to explore the following major areas of our web:

• FAQ - Answers to Frequently Asked Questions related to UML.
• Specifications - Download the latest UML specifications.
• Tools - Selected UML modeling tools.
• Training - Selected UML training resources.
• Methods - Selected UML methods and processes.
• Publications - Selected UML books, papers, articles, and blogs.
• Mailing List - UML Forum mailing list for all topics related to UML.
• News - News related to UML specifications and tools.
• Other Resources - furnishes links to other visual modeling resources.

If you want to have your UML modeling tool, training service, method, book, paper or blog included in our web, please submit it to the UML Forum for review by clicking here. For more information about the UML please read our Frequently Asked Questions page and subscribe to the UML Forum mailing list.

News

February 26, 2008. – Top Coder Introduces Free Open Source UML Design Tool to Developers.
TopCoder, Inc., a leader in online programming competition, skills assessment, and competitive software development, today introduced a free Unified Modeling Language (UML) design tool for the virtual and professional development communities. The Top Coder UML tool was designed, built, and tested by Top Coder's global community of developers and purports to offer a better solution for the core functionality developers typically need in a UML tool, and avoids unnecessary feature sets. The source code for the Top Coder UML tool is open for anyone to extend or enhance for their own purposes. To download TopCoder's free UML tool or to view its source code and documentation click here. For the full press release click here.

October 22, 2007. – OMG Board of Directors votes to adopt UML Profile for DoDAF and MODAF.
The OMG Board of Directors has voted to adopt the UML Profile for DoDAF and MODAF (UPDM). The UPDM specification defines a UML Profile for the Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and the Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (MODAF)that can be used with the UML and SysML modeling languages. For the full press release click here.

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