3.3. Standard UML tags for framework documentation

UML version 1.3 lists 47 stereotypes and seven tagged values (OMG, 2001). UML 1.4 considerably increased these numbers, but only a few of them are useful for framework documentation. Table 3.1 provides an overview.

Table 3.1. UML standard tags
Tag name Applies to Value type Description
«implicit» Association Boolean The association has no direct implementation, but may be of conceptual use only. For example, it may be derived from a combination of other associations (such as grandfather from father).
«global» Association Boolean A global variable is used to implement the association.
«local» Association Boolean A local variable within a method is used. The association is therefore temporary. ...

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