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Before introducing the most important concepts of UML in the following chapters, we first explain the background of this modeling language. We look at how UML came into being and what the “U” for “Unified” actually means. We then answer the question of how UML itself is defined, that is, where do the rules come from that dictate what a valid model should look like in UML? Furthermore, we outline what UML is used for. Finally, we give a short overview of all 14 UML diagrams in the current version 2.4.1 of the UML standard specification. These diagrams can be used for modeling both structure and behavior.
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Seidl, M., Scholz, M., Huemer, C., Kappel, G. (2015). A Short Tour of UML. In: UML @ Classroom. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12742-2_2
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