Real-Time Collaborative Software Modeling Using UML with Rational Software Architect

Siyuan Liu; Yang Zheng; Haifeng Shen; Steven Xia; Chengzheng Sun

2nd International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing

Research Article

Real-Time Collaborative Software Modeling Using UML with Rational Software Architect

Cite: BibTeX Plain Text

@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361897,
    author={Siyuan Liu and Yang Zheng and Haifeng Shen and Steven Xia and Chengzheng Sun},
    title={Real-Time Collaborative Software Modeling Using UML with Rational Software Architect},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM},
    year={2007},
    month={5},
    keywords={},
    doi={10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361897}
}

Siyuan Liu
Yang Zheng
Haifeng Shen
Steven Xia
Chengzheng Sun
Year: 2007
Real-Time Collaborative Software Modeling Using UML with Rational Software Architect
COLLABORATECOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361897

Siyuan Liu¹^,*, Yang Zheng¹^,*, Haifeng Shen¹^,*, Steven Xia¹^,*, Chengzheng Sun¹^,*

1: School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798

*Contact email: lius0012@ntu.edu.sg, zhen0042@ntu.edu.sg, ASHFShen@ntu.edu.sg, StevenXia@ntu.edu.sg, CZSun@ntu.edu.sg

Abstract

Modeling is commonly used in the process of software development. UML (Unified Modeling Language) is a standard software modeling language and has been widely adopted for software analysis and design. As software systems are getting larger and more complex nowadays, software modeling using UML often requires collective and collaborative efforts from multiple software designers. In contrast, most of today's software modeling applications are still single-user-oriented and do not offer much help to coordinate interaction and collaboration among team members. In this paper, we will present the technical challenges and solutions in providing advanced collaboration capabilities and transparently integrating them into mainstream software modeling applications to effectively facilitate collaboration among geographically dispersed software designers. The work has been tested and demonstrated by the design of CoRSA (Collaborative Rational Software Architect) - an experimental collaborative software modeling prototype based on RSA, one of the most widely used commercial software modeling applications in the market.

Published: 2007-05-21
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/COLCOM.2006.361897