The latest emerging industry-standard in the object-oriented methodology arena is the Unified Modeling Language, commonly referred to as UML. UML is a software modeling standard managed by the Object Management Group (OMG), an industry consortium of software companies. Prior to the OMG, each company or consultant authored proprietary competing methodologies and realized the significant benefits of a truly global standard for Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD). By combining much of their previous work, the UML standard was born.
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