Profile diagram

Example for the definition and usage of a simplified profile for organisation modelling purposes.
Example for the definition and usage of a simplified profile for organisation modelling purposes.

In Unified Modeling Language in the field of software engineering, a profile diagram[1] operates at the metamodel level to show stereotypes as classes with the «stereotype» stereotype, and profiles as packages with the «profile» stereotype.[2] The extension relation (solid line with closed, filled arrowhead) indicates what metamodel element a given stereotype is extending.

  1. ^ "Profiles". Unified Modeling Language 2.5.1. OMG Document Number formal/2017-12-05. Object Management Group Standards Development Organization (OMG SDO). December 2017. p. 252.
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