What is Language?

UML provides a set of symbols, notations, and rules for creating models. It’s a formal language that allows developers, designers, and other stakeholders to express their ideas, designs, and requirements using a common set of symbols and semantics.

The full form of UML is “Unified Modeling Language”. It is a general-purpose modeling language. The main aim of UML is to define a standard way to visualize how a system has been designed. It is quite similar to blueprints used in other fields of engineering. UML is not a programming language, it is rather a visual language.

• We use UML diagrams to portray the behavior and structure of a system.
• UML helps software engineers, businessmen, and system architects with modeling, design, and analysis.
• The Object Management Group (OMG) adopted Unified Modelling Language as a standard in 1997. It’s been managed by OMG ever since.
• The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) published UML as an approved standard in 2005. UML has been revised over the years and is reviewed periodically.