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By Simon Johnston, Architect, IBM © Copyright 2004 by IBM Corporation. All Rights Reserved.
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Abstract
This paper describes the Unified Modeling Language (UML) Profile for Software Services, a profile for UML 2.0 which
allows for the modeling of services, SOA, and service-oriented solutions. The aim of the profile is to provide a common
language for describing services that covers a number of activities through the development lifecycle and also provides
views to different stakeholders. So, for example, the profile provides capabilities for the architect to map out
services early in the lifecycle using logical partitions to describe the entire enterprise-wide service portfolio. This
view is further detailed by designers who develop the structural and behavioral service specifications that act as the
contracts between the service clients and implementers. The message view provides the ability for designers to reuse
information models for common service-data definitions.
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