UML

Unified Modeling Language 统一建模语言

http://www.uml.org/

OMG (Object Management Group) 对象管理组织负责维护

组成

• the Diagram Interchange Specification
• the UML Infrastructure
• the UML Superstructure
• the Object Constraint Language

起源

• OOAD by Grady Booch
• OOSE by Ivar Jacobson
• OMT by James Rumbaugh

UML包括14种图示：

Diagram
├── Behavior Diagram （动态行为）
│   ├── Activity Diagram
│   ├── Interaction Diagram
│   │   ├── Communication Diagram
│   │   ├── Interaction Overview Diagram
│   │   ├── Sequence Diagram
│   │   └── Timing Diagram
│   ├── State Machine Diagram
│   └── Use Case Diagram
└── Structure Diagram （静态结构）
    ├── Class Diagram
    ├── Component Diagram
    ├── Composite Structure Diagram
    ├── Deployment Diagram
    ├── Object Diagram
    ├── Package Diagram
    └── Profile Diagram