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This paper sets out in detail the development of the Unified Modeling Language and its derivatives from its beginning until the present. The paper describes the processes that were used to develop the language, the architecture and intended uses of the language, its strengths and weaknesses, and the steps that are being taken to make it ready for future developments.

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Cook, S. Looking back at UML. Softw Syst Model 11, 471–480 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10270-012-0256-x

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