Unified Modeling Language
E35361
Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a standardized visual modeling language used in software engineering to specify, design, and document software systems through diagrams.
All labels observed (12)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Unified Modeling Language canonical | 15 |
| UML | 7 |
| SysML | 1 |
| Systems Modeling Language | 1 |
| UML 1.x | 1 |
| UML 2 | 1 |
| UML 2.x | 1 |
| UML activity diagram | 1 |
| UML for Java Programmers | 1 |
| UML package diagram | 1 |
| UML state machine diagram | 1 |
| UML use case diagram | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T272624 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Unified Modeling Language Context triple: [Rational software tools, basedOn, Unified Modeling Language]
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A.
Common Language Specification
The Common Language Specification (CLS) is a set of basic language features and rules defined by Microsoft to ensure interoperability and seamless integration among different programming languages targeting the .NET platform.
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B.
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software is a seminal software engineering book by the "Gang of Four" that catalogues foundational object-oriented design patterns widely used in software development.
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C.
Common Language Infrastructure
Common Language Infrastructure is an open specification developed by Microsoft that defines a language-independent runtime environment for executing and managing code across multiple programming languages and platforms.
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D.
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 is an international standard that defines best practices and processes for engineering and managing system and software requirements.
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E.
OWL 2 QL
OWL 2 QL is a lightweight profile of the Web Ontology Language designed to enable efficient query answering over large datasets using standard relational database technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Unified Modeling Language Target entity description: Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a standardized visual modeling language used in software engineering to specify, design, and document software systems through diagrams.
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A.
Common Language Specification
The Common Language Specification (CLS) is a set of basic language features and rules defined by Microsoft to ensure interoperability and seamless integration among different programming languages targeting the .NET platform.
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B.
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software
Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software is a seminal software engineering book by the "Gang of Four" that catalogues foundational object-oriented design patterns widely used in software development.
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C.
Common Language Infrastructure
Common Language Infrastructure is an open specification developed by Microsoft that defines a language-independent runtime environment for executing and managing code across multiple programming languages and platforms.
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D.
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148
ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 is an international standard that defines best practices and processes for engineering and managing system and software requirements.
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E.
OWL 2 QL
OWL 2 QL is a lightweight profile of the Web Ontology Language designed to enable efficient query answering over large datasets using standard relational database technologies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modeling language
ⓘ
software engineering standard ⓘ visual modeling language ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
Unified Modeling Language
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
UML
|
| appliesTo |
business processes
ⓘ
real-time systems ⓘ software systems ⓘ |
| creator |
Grady Booch
ⓘ
Ivar Jacobson ⓘ James Rumbaugh ⓘ |
| developer | Object Management Group ⓘ |
| field |
software engineering
ⓘ
systems engineering ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Unified Modeling Language
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
UML activity diagram
UML class diagram ⓘ UML communication diagram ⓘ UML component diagram ⓘ UML composite structure diagram ⓘ UML deployment diagram ⓘ UML interaction overview diagram ⓘ UML object diagram ⓘ Unified Modeling Language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
UML package diagram
UML sequence diagram ⓘ Unified Modeling Language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
UML state machine diagram
UML timing diagram ⓘ Unified Modeling Language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
UML use case diagram
|
| hasConcept |
activity
ⓘ
actor ⓘ aggregation ⓘ association ⓘ class ⓘ composition ⓘ inheritance ⓘ interface ⓘ object ⓘ state ⓘ use case ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Booch method
ⓘ
Object Modeling Technique ⓘ Objectory ⓘ |
| latestMajorVersion |
Unified Modeling Language
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
UML 2
|
| notationType | graphical notation ⓘ |
| purpose |
designing software systems
ⓘ
documenting software systems ⓘ specifying software systems ⓘ visual modeling of systems ⓘ |
| relatedStandard |
BPMN
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Model Driven Architecture ⓘ Unified Modeling Language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
SysML
|
| releaseYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| standardizedBy | Object Management Group ⓘ |
| standardType | OMG specification ⓘ |
| supports |
architectural modeling
ⓘ
behavioral modeling ⓘ structural modeling ⓘ |
| usedFor |
model-driven development
ⓘ
object-oriented analysis ⓘ object-oriented design ⓘ |
| version |
Unified Modeling Language
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
UML 1.x
Unified Modeling Language self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
UML 2.x
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Unified Modeling Language Description of subject: Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a standardized visual modeling language used in software engineering to specify, design, and document software systems through diagrams.
Referenced by (32)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
UML
this entity surface form:
UML use case diagram
this entity surface form:
UML activity diagram
this entity surface form:
UML state machine diagram
this entity surface form:
UML package diagram
this entity surface form:
UML 1.x
this entity surface form:
UML 2.x
Unified Modeling Language
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latestMajorVersion
→
Unified Modeling Language
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
UML 2
this entity surface form:
SysML
Agile Software Development, Principles, Patterns, and Practices
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subject
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Unified Modeling Language
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this entity surface form:
UML
this entity surface form:
UML for Java Programmers
this entity surface form:
UML
this entity surface form:
Systems Modeling Language
this entity surface form:
UML
this entity surface form:
UML
this entity surface form:
UML
this entity surface form:
UML