Tutorial h2: an overview of UML 2.0

This half-day tutorial covers the salient aspects of the first major revision of the Unified Modeling Language, UML 2.0. It includes background information on what drove the requirements and the design rationale-from the point of view of one of its primary designers. The overall structure of UML 2.0 is described followed by a more detailed description of the most prominent new modeling features illustrated with many examples. The ability of UML 2.0 to deal with the needs of model-driven development methods is also covered.