TY - GEN
T1 - TCD
T2 - 2010 International Conference on Advanced Software Engineering and Its Applications, ASEA 2010
AU - Washizaki, Hironori
AU - Akimoto, Masayoshi
AU - Hasebe, Atsushi
AU - Kubo, Atsuto
AU - Fukazawa, Yoshiaki
PY - 2010/12/1
Y1 - 2010/12/1
N2 - Among several diagrams defined in UML, the class diagram is particularly useful through entire software development process, from early domain analysis stages to later maintenance stages. However conventional UML environments are often inappropriate for collaborative modeling in physically remote locations, such as exchanging models on a public mailing list via email. To overcome this issue, we propose a new diagram notation, called "TCD" (Text-based uml Class Diagram), for describing UML class diagrams using ASCII text. Since text files can be easily created, modified and exchanged in anywhere by any computing platforms, TCD facilitates the collaborative modeling with a number of unspecified people. Moreover, we implemented model converters for converting in both directions between UML class diagrams described in the XMI form and those in the TCD form. By using the converters, the reusability of models can be significantly improved because many of UML modeling tools support the XMI for importing and exporting modeling data.
AB - Among several diagrams defined in UML, the class diagram is particularly useful through entire software development process, from early domain analysis stages to later maintenance stages. However conventional UML environments are often inappropriate for collaborative modeling in physically remote locations, such as exchanging models on a public mailing list via email. To overcome this issue, we propose a new diagram notation, called "TCD" (Text-based uml Class Diagram), for describing UML class diagrams using ASCII text. Since text files can be easily created, modified and exchanged in anywhere by any computing platforms, TCD facilitates the collaborative modeling with a number of unspecified people. Moreover, we implemented model converters for converting in both directions between UML class diagrams described in the XMI form and those in the TCD form. By using the converters, the reusability of models can be significantly improved because many of UML modeling tools support the XMI for importing and exporting modeling data.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-17578-7_29
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-17578-7_29
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78651094984
SN - 3642175775
SN - 9783642175770
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 296
EP - 302
BT - Advances in Software Engineering - International Conference, ASEA 2010, Held as Part of the Future Generation Information Technology Conference, FGIT 2010, Proceedings
Y2 - 13 December 2010 through 15 December 2010
ER -