Profile diagram

Software structure diagram

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

UML diagram types
Structural UML diagrams
Class diagram Component diagram Composite structure diagram Deployment diagram Object diagram Package diagram Profile diagram
Behavioral UML diagrams
Activity diagram Communication diagram Interaction overview diagram Sequence diagram State diagram Timing diagram Use case diagram
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In the field of software engineering, a profile diagram operates at the metamodel level to show stereotypes as classes with the «stereotype» stereotype, and profiles as packages with the «profile» stereotype.^[1] The extension relation (solid line with closed, filled arrowhead) indicates what metamodel element a given stereotype is extending.

History

The profile diagram did not exist in UML 1. It was introduced with UML 2 to display the usage of profiles. Before its introduction, other diagrams had been used to display this issue.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b Bernd Österreich (2009). Analyse und Design mit UML 2.3 - Objektorientierte Softwareentwicklung (in German) (9 ed.). Munich: Oldenburg. p. 334. ISBN 978-3-486-58855-2.

Christoph Kecher: "UML 2.0 - Das umfassende Handbuch" Galileo Computing, 2006, ISBN 3-89842-738-2

Unified Modeling Language

Actors

Organizations
- Object Management Group
- UML Partners
Persons
- Grady Booch
- Ivar Jacobson
- James Rumbaugh

Concepts

Object oriented	Object-oriented programming Object-oriented analysis and design Object-oriented modeling
Structure	Actor Attribute Artifact Class Component Interface Object Package Profile diagram
Behavior	Activity Event Message Method State Use case
Relationships	Association Composition Dependency Generalization (or Inheritance)
Extensibility	Profile Stereotype
Other	Multiplicity

Diagrams

Structure	Class Component Composite structure Deployment Object Package
Behaviour	Activity State Machine Use case
Interaction	Communications Sequence Interaction overview Timing