With the proposed concepts a infrastructure to support model evolution, data schema migration, and data instance migration based on uml. If so, automatic generation of schemas from uml diagrams is possible and vendor and open source tools can provide this functionality. The computing infrastructure is far better prepared to manage data in the form of source code, or the html that underlies this web page. Software evolution with uml and xml provides a forum where expert insights are presented on the subject of linking three current phenomena. Currently supports generating jpa entity beans from uml. In this paper we present an approach to evolve xml schemas and documents conceptually modeled by means of uml class diagrams. We present some basic concepts and architectures to handle the impacts of the evolution of uml models. Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the library of congress catalog. A modeling language allows the specification, the visualization, and the documentation of the development of a software system the models are artifacts. Xml metadata interchange xmi is an open industry standard that applies xml to abstract systems such as uml. Software maintenance and evolution linkedin slideshare. Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the library of congress. The number of identified modeling languages increased from less than 10 to more than 50 during the period between 19891994.
Software evolution and reengineering are a real problem in the software industry. Evolving xml schemas and documents using uml class diagrams 347 employee, some of the obtained results are. Uml and xmlbased change process and data model definition. Magicdraw no magic, inc unified modeling language uml.
The xml documents are also automatically modified to conform to the new xml. Jan 11, 2017 dynamic software evolution static evolution changes are applied manually by a human programmer part of the software gets adapted or replaced by a programmer and the evolved software is redeployed dynamic evolution changes are applied automatically at runtime to better suit the current needs of the software system by automatically generating. It naturally follows from the discussion on uml and xml schemas to ask whether there is a standard way of mapping uml to xml schemas. A source code viewpoint is taken to support understanding, analysis, and transformation of large software systems undergoing evolution. Dec 31, 2004 software evolution with uml and xml provides a forum where expert insights are presented on the subject of linking three current phenomena. The unified modeling language uml was created to forge a common, semantically and syntactically rich visual modeling language for the architecture, design, and implementation of complex software systems both structurally and behaviorally. Xml bridges part of that gap, by providing the building blocks for serializing uml data textually. Come back and visit this page since we are occasionally adding or updating new software applications to this list. Uml has applications beyond software development, such as process flow in manufacturing.
Advances in uml and xmlbased software evolution reports advances in applications of two popularly used languages, uml and xml, in the field of software. Software evolution with uml and xml not only investigates the potential powerful applications of two. Section 9 discusses the importance of our contribution to the area and concludes with a discussion of future work. An xml representation, namely srcml, is leveraged to manipulate and analyze source code in a lightweight manner. By bringing code content into visual uml model, this helps programmers or software. Tools and methodologies are needed to cope with the evolution of software components. Uml tools are software applications which support some functions of the unified modeling language. Therefore, the development of an etype software system is best to be a process of growth in functionality.
Software services by category information technology. The evolution processes are implemented based on xml metadata interchange xmi format to transform the uml models of design pattern applications. Evolution of xml schemas and documents from stereotyped uml. A traceable approach contextuml and xml are two of the most commonly used languages in software. Advances in uml and xmlbased software evolution reports recent advances in applications of two popularly used languages, uml and xml, in the field of. An awardwinning xml, json, sql, and uml toolkit for. Software evolution is a real problem in the software. Evolution of uml identifiable objectoriented modeling languages began to appear between mid1970 and the late 1980s as various methodologists experimented with different approaches to objectoriented analysis and design. Using xmlxmi for tool supported evolution of uml models. The xml documents are also automatically modified to conform to the new xml schema. Complexitybased evaluation of the evolution of xml and. A conceptual modeling approach to xml schema evolution. Introduction to software evolution 27 costs of maintenance usually greater than development costs 2 times to 100 times depending on the application affected by both technical and nontechnical factors increases as software is maintained maintenance corrupts the software structure, making further maintenance more difficult.
Umland xmlbased change process and data model definition. Uml and xml are two of the most commonly used languages in software engineering processes. This article is the first in a threepart series looking at the use of uml modeling in particular using ibm rational software. Subsequently, the object management group omg adopted a version of sysml as omg sysml in 2006, and the software. Software evolution with uml and xml book, 2005 worldcat. Uml is meant for greater things than simple description of data structures. Home browse by title proceedings proceedings of the 2005 conference on software engineering. Evolution of xml schemas and documents from stereotyped. Tackling evolution with the help of uml and xml can be very beneficial to the software community, especially as the cost of software evolution makes up a considerable proportion, sometimes even 7080 per cent, of the total budget of a software. Library of congress cataloginginpublication data advances in uml and xml based software evolution hongji yang, editor. Modeling is the designing of software applications before coding.
Developing a software testing ontology in uml for a. This chapter analyses current problems in the management of software evolution and argues the need to use the chaos theory to model software. This license allows all active students, faculty, and staff to install this software on universityowned computers only. How to generate uml from xml instant reverse is a process to produce uml class model from a given input of source code. Review of top open source and free unified modeling language uml tools including argouml, staruml, umlet, dia, bouml, violet, eclipseuml, gmodeler, rise, nclass, netbeans ide, genmymodel, plantuml, uml modeller, open modelsphere, oracle jdeveloper, papyrus, oracle sql developer are the top open source and free unified. Magicdraw is the awardwinning business process, architecture, software and system modeling tool with teamwork support. If you want to export uml diagram to xml format you can use xml spys schema editor. Uml and xml based change process and data model definition for product evolution. With instant reverse, you can reverse a snap shot of your codebase to uml classes and form class diagram in further. Developing a software testing ontology 2 developing a software testing ontology in uml for a software growth environment of webbased applications abstract this chapter introduces the concept of software growth environments to support sustainable long term evolution of webbased application systems. This section is devoted to the presentation of these metamodels, and the following sections explain the architecture at work. Development of standard solutions cai system with uml and.
Modeling web services with uml object management group. This library generates code from uml models using the groovy scripting language. Development of standard solutions cai system with uml and xml 7 3. Evolving xml schemas and documents using uml class diagrams. Evolution primitives are issued on the uml class diagram and are automatically propagated down to the xml schema. Support uml tools that use xml metadata interchange format xmi. Since you want your xml documents to carry the shipping order information, the next step is to design xml schemas that conform to the sketched uml diagrams. The model in question may not even be intended for xml production. Software evolution is a real problem in the software industry. Reports on the recent advances in uml and xml based software evolution. In this paper we present an approach to evolve xml schemas and documents conceptually modeled by means of uml. Answers to the case study questionnaires and the pattern defects discovered from the case studies support the hypothesis that the picup method is an improved design method that ensures structural conformance of uml pattern.
Table of contents for advances in uml and xmlbased. This article needs additional citations for verification. The following schemas represent the mapping of the uml diagram see figure 2 to xml schemas. Historical events in and around the w3c xml activity include recommendations. Pdf evolving xml schemas and documents using uml class diagrams.
In software development, the widely used uni ed modeling language uml plays this role. Omg is continuously making efforts to create a truly industry standard. In particular, it is necessary to keep the consistency between different software artifacts and xml documents when evolution tasks are carried out. Instant reverse is a process to produce uml class model from a given input of source code. More specifically, when an xml schema is modified, the changes should be propagated to the corresponding xml documents, which must conform with the new, modified schema. The web provides information about the sysml partners and their sysml open source specification project, which created the systems modeling language sysml dialect profile of the unified modeling language v. Since business analysts are involved in the process of designing xml documents, the ease with which the software architect and the business. More specifically, when an xml schema is modified, the changes should be propagated to the corresponding xml documents. Tackling evolution with the help of uml and xml can be very beneficial to the software community, especially as the cost of software evolution makes up a considerable proportion, sometimes even 7080%, of the total budget of a software. Software development laboratory research in software. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Stata is a software package that provides everything for data analysis, data management and graphics. This chapter presents a software architecture and implementation to support inservice product configuration management applicable to both the automotive and.
This article is the first in a threepart series looking at the use of uml modeling in particular using ibm rational software architect to model the detailed design of standardized web services. Evolving xml schemas and documents using uml class. Reverse engineering would attempt to create the model for you from existing source code. Complexitybased evaluation of the evolution of xml and uml systems. Uml the unified modeling language is a language used to specify, visualize and document models of software.
Below is a list of software application that are licensed and available to the campus community. Sep 18, 2005 the ml in uml stands for modeling language. Thus, uml, a graphical design notation, is all the more attractive for wxs design. Designed for business analysts, software analysts, programmers. Uml has been also submitted to the object management group. Evolution and emerging technologies data modeling with uml 2. An xml representation, namely srcml, is leveraged to. When uml was published in late 1996, it quickly gained momentum and became the defacto standard for objectoriented modeling. Contents data are machine generated based on prepublication provided by the publisher.
Tackling evolution with the help of uml and xml can be very beneficial to the software community, especially as the cost of software evolution makes up a considerable proportion, sometimes even 7080 per cent, of the total budget of a software system. Advances in uml and xmlbased software evolution reports advances in applications of two popularly used languages, uml and xml, in the. Still the uml metamodel can support schema design quite well, for wireserializable types, persistence schema, and many other xml applications. Developing a software testing ontology in uml for a software. Developing a software testing ontology 6 software growth process model and growth environment from lehmans theory of software evolution, we can see that clarifying uncertainties is the driving force of etype software evolution. Uml is a standard language for specifying, visualizing, constructing, and documenting the artifacts of software systems. Get project updates, sponsored content from our select partners, and more. Table of contents for advances in uml and xml based software evolution hongji yang, editor. Table of contents for advances in uml and xmlbased software. One of the most critical of these processes is that of model evolution and maintenance. Using xmlxmi for tool supported evolution of uml models 2001. In order to apply gea to the umlxml evolution setting, three metamodels must be defined.
More specifically, when an xml schema is modified, the changes should be propagated to the corresponding xml. With the proposed concepts a infrastructure to support model evolution, data schema migration, and data instance migration based on uml models can be realized. Request pdf evolution of xml schemas and documents from stereotyped uml class models. If you have a xml file with the uml model in xml metadata interchangexmi format then use an uml modeling tool to open it and study.
Aug 07, 2002 the xml metadata interchange and xmi production for w3c xml schema specifications, from the omg, offer a standard mapping from uml mof to wxs for the purpose of exchanging models between uml tools. Uml was created by the object management group omg and uml 1. A model plays the analogous role in software development that blueprints and other plans site maps, elevations, physical models play in the building of a skyscraper. Tackling evolution with the help of uml and xml can be very beneficial to the software community, especially as the cost of software evolution makes up a considerable proportion, sometimes even 7080%, of the total budget of a software system.
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