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College of Engineering and Computer Science
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Florida Atlantic University
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2007
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2007
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In the globalization software development environments, where the development
activities are distributed geographically and temporally, it is increasingly important
for the Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to maintain the
information (both syntactic and semantic) captured in the design models. The Unified
Modeling Language (UML) is the de facto standard for modeling software
applications and UML diagrams serve as graphical documentations of the software
system. The interoperability of UML modeling tools is important in supporting the
models exchange, and further support design reuse. Tool interoperability is often
implemented using XML Metadata Interchange (XMI). Unfortunately, there is a loss
of fidelity of the design documentation when transforming between UML and XMI
due to the compatibility of different versions of UML, XMI and add-on proprietary
information, which hinder reuse. This thesis evaluates the interoperability of UML
modeling tools by assessing the quality of XMI documents representing the design.
Case studies in this thesis demonstrate a framework of preserving the fidelity of UML
model 's data when importing and exporting different UML models in a distributed
heterogeneous environment.
activities are distributed geographically and temporally, it is increasingly important
for the Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to maintain the
information (both syntactic and semantic) captured in the design models. The Unified
Modeling Language (UML) is the de facto standard for modeling software
applications and UML diagrams serve as graphical documentations of the software
system. The interoperability of UML modeling tools is important in supporting the
models exchange, and further support design reuse. Tool interoperability is often
implemented using XML Metadata Interchange (XMI). Unfortunately, there is a loss
of fidelity of the design documentation when transforming between UML and XMI
due to the compatibility of different versions of UML, XMI and add-on proprietary
information, which hinder reuse. This thesis evaluates the interoperability of UML
modeling tools by assessing the quality of XMI documents representing the design.
Case studies in this thesis demonstrate a framework of preserving the fidelity of UML
model 's data when importing and exporting different UML models in a distributed
heterogeneous environment.
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104 p.
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FA00012519
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College of Engineering and Computer Science
Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2007.
FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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2007
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2007
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2007
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2007
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2007
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FAU
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FA00012519
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Attributed name: Florida Atlantic University
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Gohel, Vaishali P.
Graduate College
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Assessing Data Interoperability ofUML Modeling Tools
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2007
Florida Atlantic University
Boca Raton, Fla.
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Assessing Data Interoperability ofUML Modeling Tools
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Assessing Data Interoperability ofUML Modeling Tools