Extending UML? from Software to Systems

摘要

INCOSE and the Object Management Group (OMG) are collaborating on anrninitiative to extend the Unified Modeling Language (UML) to provide a general-purpose systemsrnmodeling language to support analysis, specification, design, and verification of complexrnsystems. This language will be a key enabler for transitioning the practice of systems engineeringrnfrom a document-centric to a model-centric approach. Many different applications of UML tornsystems engineering have been demonstrated and published, and are in active use by variousrngroups, but a standardized extension of UML for systems engineering is not currently available.rnThis paper provides the background, motivation, and approach of this critical initiative torndevelop a standardized extension of UML for systems engineering, and highlights some of thernearly results to establish the requirements for the modeling language. Additional information canrnbe found on the OMG Systems Engineering Domain Special Interest Group (SE DSIG) web siternat http://syseng.omg.org.