Chapter 2. UML essentials for framework documentation

A number of object-oriented modeling languages, such as those described by Rumbaugh et al. (1994), Coleman et al. (1994), Booch (1994), and Jacobson (1993), were defined in the early 1990s. In a determined and difficult effort, some of the best features of these modeling techniques have been merged into the UML published by OMG.[1] Furthermore, many CASE[2] tool vendors have adopted the UML as their standard notation.

[1] The UML 1.4 standard is currently (September 2001) a final draft and is mainly a consolidation of its predecessor, UML specification 1.3.

[2] CASE is an acronym for Computer Aided Software Engineering. Its basic idea is to use sophisticated tools to assist the development process. ...

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