Topics to Consider

You might want to examine these additional topics:

• If you are going to use the UML to its fullest, you might want to read other books on the topic and even take some classes that delve into ways you can model in the UML.

• Continue to monitor the Object Management Group web site (www.omg.org) as additional details regarding version 2.0 and subsequent changes become available. If you need a lengthy explanation of the UML specification, you can read it on the OMG web site.

• Although we touch on many object-oriented analysis and design (OOAD) concepts and discuss how to best understand and use the UML, understanding the concepts of OOAD is important to your continuing UML education and will enable you to correctly build UML models on your own.