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A Systematic Review on the Definition of UML Profiles

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Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS 2010)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNPSE,volume 6394))

Abstract

This article reports a systematic review on the definition of UML profiles in the research literature. Several exploratory statistical analyses have been performed in order to characterise both the idiosyncrasy of UML profiles and how they are reported in the literature. This study uncovers the differences between presentation styles for behavioural and structural domains, and shows how UML profiles based on Class, Association, and Property structural metaclasses clearly outnumber any other kind. Also, this review reveals how half of the examined UML profiles merely extend the abstract syntax, without adding neither icons nor constraints. The main contribution of this study is therefore a clear picture of the state-of-the-art in UML profiling, together with a set of open questions regarding its future.

Supported by the FPU grant AP2006-00332 from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. Special thanks to Cristina Cachero who contributed to the systematic review and the MODELS’ anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments.

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Pardillo, J. (2010). A Systematic Review on the Definition of UML Profiles. In: Petriu, D.C., Rouquette, N., Haugen, Ø. (eds) Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems. MODELS 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6394. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16145-2_28

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