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Comparing UML 2.0 Interactions and MSC-2000

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System Analysis and Modeling (SAM 2004)

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This paper is a brief comparison between the Interactions of UML 2.0 as defined by the Final Adopted Specification (OMG ptc/03-07-06) and MSC-2000 as defined by Z.120 (ITU 1999). The comparison investigates whether UML 2.0 has serious shortcomings relative to MSC-2000. The paper also discusses whether MSC-2000 is still needed in the future or should be retired.

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  1. Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway

    Øystein Haugen

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  1. SITE, University of Ottawa, 800 King Edward, K1N 6N5, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Daniel Amyot

  2. University of Ottawa, 800 King Edward, K1N 6N5, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Alan W. Williams

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Haugen, Ø. (2005). Comparing UML 2.0 Interactions and MSC-2000. In: Amyot, D., Williams, A.W. (eds) System Analysis and Modeling. SAM 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3319. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-31810-1_5

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