Unified Modeling Language (UML)

Data System Architecture

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An UML depicts a system and how entity interact with each other.

UML is a collection of tools for analysis, design, and modeling

UML 2 has many types of diagrams.

A system could be:

In the Unified Modeling Language (UML)

Related to data model

Diagram Type

Activity

An activity diagram helps to specify/ visualize life cycles of a business process

Class

Class diagrams add the behaviours of each entity to the model.

Sequence

What is a Sequence Diagram?

Interaction

UML - Interation Diagram




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Logical Data Modeling - Dependency (Coupling)

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