Welcome

The Visual Modeling Forum is a web community dedicated to visual modeling languages and tools. The visual modeling languages that we cover include industry standards (e.g., UML, SysML, BPMN, BPEL), as well as emerging standards, such as Domain-Specific Modeling languages and OWL for the Semantic Web.

You are encouraged to explore the following major areas of our web:

• UML Forum - a UML modeling community web that features information about UML modeling tools, specifications, publications, mailing lists, and blogs.
• Business Modeling Forum - a business modeling community web that features information about  BPMN, BPEL, WS-CDL and other business modeling standards.
• SysML Forum - a SysML modeling community web that features information about SysML modeling tools, specifications, publications, mailing lists and blogs.
• Architecture Framework Forum - a modeling forum for organizing enterprise architectures via frameworks, such as DoDAF, MODAF, UPDM, TOGAF, and Zachman Framework.
• Domain-Specific Modeling - provides an overview of Domain-Specific Modeling resources.
• Visual OWL - furnishes an overview of visual notations for the Semantic Web's Ontology Language (OWL).
• Visual Requirements - provides an overview of visual notations for requirements engineering.
• Other Resources - furnishes links to other visual modeling resources.

For more information about visual modeling please read our Frequently Asked Questions page and subscribe to the Visual Modeling Forum mailing list.

News

June 4, 2007. – SysML Partners Honored as Leader on the SD Times 100 List.
The SysML Partners, the group of software vendors and industry leaders that created a version of UML for systems engineering called SysML, has been named a winner of the SD Times 100. The award citation notes that SysML “picked up steam in 2006.” The 5th annual SD Times 100, published in the June 1, 2007 issue of BZ Media’s SD Times, recognizes the leaders and innovators of the software development industry. The 2007 SD Times 100 was also posted to the www.sdtimes.com Web site on June 1. For the full press release click here.

May 22, 2007. – Report Claims Poor Development Tool Selection Costs Embedded Developers $500K+ Per Project .
Embedded Market Forecasters, a strategic consulting and embedded research firm, has released a report that claims poor development tool selection is costing embedded developers an average of $553,000 per project, exclusive of opportunity cost and corporate overhead. The new report finds that Model-Driven Development (MDD) is a key factor in reducing delays and improving accuracy, and the Unified Modeling Language (UML) contributes significantly to a reduction in design, development and implementation costs. For the full press release click here.

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