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MDT/UML2
UML2 is an EMF-based implementation of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.x OMG metamodel for the Eclipse platform.
The objectives of the UML2 component are to provide
- a useable implementation of the UML metamodel to support the development of modeling tools
- a common XMI schema to facilitate interchange of semantic models
- test cases as a means of validating the specification
- validation rules as a means of defining and enforcing levels of compliance
Although MDT/UML2 provides the metamodel, it does not provide UML modelling tools themselves. One implementation is MDT/Papyrus. An older, no longer supported implementation is MDT-UML2Tools.
Contents
Frequently Asked Questions
For creating models with a visual editor see: Papyrus User Guide
Plans
Archive
General Information
- New and Noteworthy features in the 5.5.0 release
- New and Noteworthy features in the 5.4.0 release
- New and Noteworthy features in the 5.3.0 release
- New and Noteworthy features in the 5.2.0 release
- New and Noteworthy features in the 5.1.0 release
- New and Noteworthy features in the 5.0.0 release
- New and Noteworthy features in the 4.1.0 release
Guides
- UML2 5.0 Migration Guide - Explains how to migrate from UML2 4.x to UML2 5.0.
- UML2 4.0 Migration Guide - Explains how to migrate from UML2 3.x to UML2 4.0.
- UML2 2.2 Migration Guide - Explains how to migrate from UML2 2.2.x to UML2 3.0.
- UML2 2.1 Migration Guide - Explains how to migrate from UML2 2.0.x to UML2 2.1.
- UML2 2.0 Migration Guide - Explains how to migrate from UML2 1.x to UML2 2.0.
Articles
- Getting Started With UML2 - Explains how to start creating UML2 models.
- Introduction to UML2 Profiles - Explains how to work with UML2 profiles.
- Customizing UML: Which Technique is Right for You - Explains how to customize UML to suit specific domains.
- Defining Generics with UML Templates - Explains how UML templates can be used to specify generics and how the UML representation maps to Ecore and Java.
Tutorials
- Creating Robust Scalable DSL's with UML: EclipseCon2008: Tutorial - Slides from "Creating Robust Scalable DSL's with UML" tutorial at EclipseCon 2008. (nb this is completely illegible on Firefox under linux)
- To follow along with step-by-step examples, add the following URL to your Update Manager: http://archive.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/updates/EclipseCon2008-UML-Tutorial/site.xml
Presentations
(None of these talks are viewable unless you have Internet Explorer)
- New Features of UML2: EclipseCon2008: Long Talk - Slides from "New Features of UML2" long talk at EclipseCon 2008.
- UML2 Long Talk - Slides from "What do YOU want UML to be?" long talk at EclipseCon 2007.
- UML2 2.0 Release Review - Slides from Eclipse Foundation of the UML2 2.0 release.
- UML2 Short Talk - Slides from "What's New in UML2?" short talk at EclipseCon 2006.
- UML2 1.1 Release Review - Slides from Eclipse Foundation of the UML2 1.1 release.
- EMF / UML2 Project Sprint - Slides from "EMF and UML2 Project Sprint" at EclipseCon 2005.
- Eclipse UML2 Project Technology Exchange - Slides from "EMF Technology in Practice" technology exchange at EclipseCon 2004.
- Eclipse UML2 Project Poster Session - Slides from "The Eclipse Tools UML2 Project" poster session at EclipseCon 2004.
- UML specification RTF process: http://www.omgwiki.org/uml2-rtf/doku.php?id=start
- XMI interchange work: http://www.omgwiki.org/model-interchange/doku.php?id=start
- XMI validator: http://syseng.nist.gov/se-interop/sysml/validator
Javadoc
Related Links
- UML™ Resource Page - The OMG's page of UML™ resources.
- UML™ 2.0 Superstructure and Infrastructure Revision Task Force Issues - The current list of open RTF issues.
- UML2 Project Dashboard - Provides a sense of how well the project is functioning.
For Developers
The UML2 component uses a custom code formatting profile. If you are contributing patches or anther code vehicles to UML2, please ensure that it is formatted using this profile:
Build Related Links
- Model Development Tools Category Wiki
- How to build Modeling sub-projects like UML2