2006-01-02: Happy New Year ! I'm celebrating with my new list of Unified Modelling Language (UML)^TM tips and best practices.

2005-09-25: New UML2.0^TM Composite Structure Diagrams of rotational aperture synthesis radioastronomy with the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST), and progress towards an audible simulation of MOST using JSyn audio synthesis. This is a demanding test case for port-based system engineering with UML2.0^TM in MagicDraw UML^TM !

2005-09-22: New UML2.0^TM Composite Structure Diagrams of the data acquisition components and JSyn synthesis networks of DranceWare, with MagicDraw UML^TM. This is port-based system engineering for UML2.0^TM and Java^TM !

2005-09-14: New examples of UML engineering using "logical" components to graphically group UML model elements:

• The NetBeans IDE platform System Properties nodes plugin example in UML.
• New Java^TM Swing and Java 3D^TM visual monitors for 3D-accelerometer signals, modelled in the UML.

2005-08-18: bookings are now being received for the new webel.com.au UML^TM one-day seminars !

2005-05-25: Announcing examples of UML^TM Parsing Analysis of selected science articles from the online Wikipedia in particle physics, astronomy, and maths. These are some of the best examples of this powerful recipe yet !

webel.com.au is a UML-based business; I use UML modelling parallel to all of my other IT, science and technology services.

I am a fan of model-driven development with the Unified Modelling Language^TM:

I promote progress towards the adoption of Unified Modelling Language (UML)^TM as the lingua franca of IT.

The UML is applicable to .. everything !

I have applied Unified Modelling Language (UML)^TM to projects as varied as:

• development of gestural synthesis software (UML+Java^TM)
• modelling and animation of a radiotelescope (UML+Java^TM)
• analysis models of particle physics, planetary science, maths, radiation physics, and computer technology.
• modelling of the human brain
• analysis of semantic networks
• secure federated single-signon architectures
• object-relational database persistence
• modelling of electronics designs and hardware
• development of an XML/XPath based search engine
• dynamic web design (like this site).
• Educational UML ontologies of interesting topics in science, art, and culture.

Here you will also find:

• presentations on a technique I develop called UML^TM Parsing Analysis, which is the basis of much of the work you'll find here.
• some ideas on UML2.0^TM and the future of Unified Modelling Language (UML)^TM
• some of my work towards executable, animated (4D), and sonified UML2.0^TM components for Java^TM
• some tips on CASE tools like MagicDraw UML^TM
• some analyses of the Unified Modelling Language (UML)^TM specifications and white papers

There's the UML and then there's .. everything else

I use Unified Modelling Language (UML)^TM parallel to all of my IT projects. It does not replace other technologies, it enhances them:

I like to think of the UML as a "mixer and amplifier" for all other information technologies.

A common misconception is that UML requires a particular software development process. In fact the UML can be used very effectively with any number of software development methods to enhance them, since the UML can model nearly any combination of text, graphical associations, analysis, design, and software component elements. It can also be used in combination with project management methods:

The UML can be used in combination with any software development process or project management process.

I welcome constructive feedback on this zone, however please note that I do not get paid for most of what is presented here, so I might not have time to reply to all emails. (Or pay me generous $$$ and see how available I magically become.)