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Extending UML2.0 Profile of the C2 Architecture Style

C2 아키텍쳐 스타일을 위한 UML2.0 프로파일의 확장

  • 노성환 (삼성전자 반도체총괄 SOC연구소) ;
  • 전태웅 (고려대학교 컴퓨터정보학과) ;
  • 승현우 (서울여자대학교 컴퓨터학부)
  • Published : 2006.01.01
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Abstract

Software architecture is the high level model of a software system. It should be specified with ADLs (Architecture Description Languages) for its clarity and preciseness. Most ADLs such as C2SADL have not come into extensive use in industries since ADL users should learn a distinct notation specific to architecture, and ADLs do not address all stakes of the development process that is becoming diversified everyday. On the other hand, UML is a do facto standard general modeling language for software developments. UML provides a consistent notation and various supporting tools during the whole software development cycle. But, UML is a general modeling language and does not provide all concepts that are important to architecture description. UML should be extended in order to precisely model architecture. In this paper, we defined a C2 architecture modeling language as a UML2.0 profile. We applied the defined C2 architecture modeling language to the modeling of a restaurant reservation system.

소프트웨어 아키텍쳐는 소프트웨어 시스템의 상위 수준 모델이다. 이러한 소프트웨어 아키텍쳐는 명료하고 엄밀한 표현을 위해 아키텍쳐 기술 언어(ADL)를 사용하여 기술된다. 하지만 대부분의 ADL들은 C2 스타일 ADL(C2SADL)처럼 소프트웨어 시스템의 개발에 필요한 요소들 중에서 특정한 관점만을 고려하여 정의되었거나 별도의 표기형식으로 배워야 하는 부담이 있기 때문에 아키텍쳐를 명세하는 언어로서 정착되지 못하였다. 반면 UML은 범용 모델링 언어로서 소프트웨어 개발의 전 과정에 일관된 표기형식과 폭넓은 지원도구들을 제공하고 있으므로 소프트웨어 개발을 위한 사실상의 표준 언어로 자리잡았다. 그러나 UML은 소프트웨어 아키텍쳐를 표현하도록 설계된 것은 아니기 때문에 UML을 사용하여 아키텍쳐를 표현하기 위해서는 UML을 확장, 변경하여야 한다. 본 논문에서는 UML2.0에 기반한 C2 아키텍쳐 모델링 언어 프로파일을 정의하였다. 정의된 C2 아키텍쳐 모델링 언어는 식당 예약 시스템을 모델링 하는데 사용되었다.

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