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What are the primary artifacts of the Unified Modeling Language?

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What are the primary artifacts of the Unified Modeling Language?

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This question can be answered in two ways: first in terms of the artifacts that constitute the Unified Modeling Language (the inside view) and second in terms of the artifacts that users apply to model systems using the Unified Modeling Language (the outside view). From the inside, the Unified Modeling Language consists of three things: • A formal metamodel • A graphical notation • A set of idioms of usage We began with a formal metamodel, using the notation of the Unified Modeling Language itself supplemented by English text. The purpose of the metamodel was to provide a single, common, and unambiguous statement of the syntax and semantics of the elements of the Unified Modeling Language. The presence of this metamodel has made it possible for us to agree on semantics, decoupled from the human factors issues of how those semantics would best be rendered. Additionally, the metamodel has made it possible for us to explore ways to make the modeling language much more simple by, in a sens