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by James Rumbaugh (Author), Ivar Jacobson (Author), Grady Booch (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Addison Wesley; annotated edition edition (28 Jan 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 020130998X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0201309980
  • Product Dimensions: 24 x 19.2 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 863,234 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The authors have done an outstanding job with this UML book. The definitions of the terms are the best I have seen. The organization and material in the encyclopedia are fantastic! --Perry Cole, MCIWorldCom The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has rapidly become the standard notation for modeling software-intensive systems. This book provides the definitive description of UML from its original developers--James Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson, and Grady Booch. Whether you are capturing requirements, developing a software architecture, designing the implementation, or trying to understand an existing system, this is the book for you. The majority of the book is a unique alphabetical list of articles covering every aspect of UML in a form convenient for quick reference and detailed study. This format permits full coverage of UML details as well as high-level articles without confusing the reader by constant shifts in level. The first part of the book--a complete summary of UML concepts organized by subject area--provides an introduction to UML for the newcomer as well as entry points into the detailed articles.Highlights of the book include: *Two-color diagrams, extensively annotated *Thorough coverage of both semantics and notation, separated in each article for easy reference *Further explanations of concepts whose meaning or purpose is obscure in the original specifications *Discussion sections offering usage advice and additional insight into tricky concepts *A hyperlinked version of the book in Adobe Reader format on CD-ROM, an excellent resource for browsing or searching the text for specific information *Full text of the UML specification documents on CD-ROM, courtesy of the Object Management Group *Notation summary, with hyperlinks to individual articles on CD-ROM 020130998XB04062001

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A definitive description of UML from its original developers
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has rapidly become the standard notation for modeling software-intensive systems. This book provides the definitive description of UML from its original developers--James Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson, and Grady Booch. Whether you are capturing requirements, developing a software architecture, designing the implementation, or trying to understand an existing system, this is the book for you.

The majority of the book is a unique alphabetical list of articles covering every aspect of UML in a form convenient for quick reference and detailed study. This format permits full coverage of UML details as well as high-level articles without confusing the reader by constant shifts in level. The first part of the book--a complete summary of UML concepts organized by subject area--provides an introduction to UML for the newcomer as well as entry points into the detailed articles.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The official dictionary to UML 2.0, 18 Jan 2006
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I bought this book while studying a module in Object Oriented Design/Development at University, and I am glad I did.

Let me clear something here, this book is not a user manual to UML, so the reader is expected to be familiar with UML and Object-Oriented technologies.

This book does not teach the reader UML, it describes/defines and explains concepts and technologies in UML 2.0. I may not be wrong at all to call this the official Dictionary to UML 2.0.

I personally had used UML before and was familiar; not an expert by any means but knew my way around.
By consulting this book I was able to precisely choose the correct UML concept and apply it to my rather complex and large system design model.

If I had not consulted this book I would not have been able to craft my design model to the level I did. I am chuffed to bits that I bought it; it helped me so much, although I have not used it much since, its still there when I do need it.

Highly recommend it.

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars For the advanced amongst you, 19 Mar 2002
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You wouldnt expect to learn English from a dictionary, and likewise you should not expect to learn the UML from the reference manual. However once you have the concepts and basic grammer of the UML in your head, the reference manual is the definitive guide to how and when to use everything (well unless you wish to look at the OMG controlled standard, but thats just a little on the large side).

The reference manual is now the only UML text that I ever look at, nothing else covers all the intricacies that I need to know.

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12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Surely not a reference manual, 1 May 1999
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Someone using the UML to model, should use the User Guide. I think it the most usefull UML book at the moment. The Reference Manual promises to be more than the User Guide, while, in fact, it delivers less. The Reference Manual is filled with some good explanations about the use of the UML, but beware, it surely is NO reference manual. First, what version of the UML is described? It's not in the book. Second, some (basic) things are not described in the book. Third, the book contains errors. OK, the UML is to difficult to be described in a single book (that's why at this moment you can at least buy 20 books that (suprisingly) all describe about the same portion of the UML), but even basic things are excluded. An example? Try to find the definition of "class attribute" or "class operation". Yes, in fact you can find it, if you're keen enough to look in the index and think that it will probably be listed under "class-scope". But when reading that paragraph, you'll never see how to model class-scope properties. The class operation is modelled somewhere during the discusion of classes, the class attribute is never modelled in the book. I'm using the book for a week now, and I am very disappointed. I'm hardly using it anymore, instead I returned to using the User Guide and the original UML specifications.
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