A UML PROFILES FOR VIEWPOINT-ORIENTED MODELING

Abstract

The viewpoint-oriented modeling consists in providing an unique modelaccessible by users with various access rights according to their needs. The system isrepresented as sub-systems (called sub-models). This cutting makes the design of systemeasier by an autonomous design of its sub-systems.UML is a standard modeling language and supports extension mechanism to allowtailoring UML to fit the needs of a specific domain. UML Profile is a predefined set ofextension mechanisms. UML profile allows the stakeholders of a certain domain to expressthe semantics of their systems using a well-defined set of extensions. In this paper wepropose an initial discussion on UML profile for viewpoint oriented modeling, whichextends the standard UML by incorporating new concepts like views, viewpoints, flexible,visibility relationships, etc.