Introducing the UML
The UML is an Object Modelling Group (OMG) standard that acts as a means of communication in the object-oriented (OO) arena. It defines a notation that consists of graphical elements you can use in UML models. In other words, the notation is the syntax of the modelling language. A meta-model defines the actual notation, and this is normally represented as a class diagram. The meta-model can help you ensure that your models are well formed—that is, that they are syntactically correct.
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You can discover more about the UML and the work of the OMG by visiting http://www.uml.org.
Although the UML standard defines how you represent items, it does not stipulate the process you use to create models. In other words, the UML does ...
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