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This paper reports the results of a workshop held at ECOOP’99. The workshop was set up to find answers to questions fundamental to the definition of a semantics for the Unified Modelling Language. Questions examined the meaning of the term semantics in the context of UML; approaches to defining the semantics, including the feasibility of the meta-modelling approach; whether a single semantics is desirable and, if not, how to set up a framework for defining multiple, interlinked semantics; and some of the outstanding problems for defining a semantics for all of UML.

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  1. Departamento de Informática Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2825-114, Monte da Caparica, Portugal

    Ana Moreira

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Kent, S., Evans, A., Rumpe⋆, B. (1999). UML Semantics FAQ. In: Moreira, A. (eds) Object-Oriented Technology ECOOP’99 Workshop Reader. ECOOP 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1743. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46589-8_3

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