<?xml version="1.0" ?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.5-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdedbx45.dtd" [ <!ENTITY umbrello "<application>Umbrello &UML; Modeller</application>"> <!ENTITY kappname "&umbrello;"> <!ENTITY UML "<acronym>UML</acronym>"> <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE"><!-- change language only here --> <!-- Do not define any other entities; instead, use the entities from kde-genent.entities and $LANG/user.entities. --> ]> <article id="Welcome" lang="&language;"> <articleinfo> <title>Welcome</title> </articleinfo> <para> Welcome to &umbrello; an &UML; diagram tool that can support you in the software development process. Especially during the analysis and design phases of this process, &umbrello; will help you to get a high quality product. &UML; can also be used to document your software designs to help you and your fellow developers. </para> <para> To start working with UML you may create a new diagram from one of the following diagram types: </para> <itemizedlist> <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url="use-case-diagram">Use Case Diagram</ulink></emphasis> - show actors (people or other users of the system), use cases (the scenarios when they use the system), and their relationships</para> </listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url="class-diagram">Class Diagram</ulink></emphasis> - show classes and the relationships between them</para> </listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url="sequence-diagram">Sequence Diagram</ulink></emphasis> - show objects and a sequence of method calls they make to other objects.</para> </listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url="collaboration-diagram">Collaboration Diagram</ulink></emphasis> - show objects and their relationship, putting emphasis on the objects that participate in the message exchange</para> </listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url="state-diagram">State Diagram</ulink></emphasis> - show states, state changes and events in an object or a part of the system</para> </listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url="activity-diagram">Activity Diagram</ulink></emphasis> - show activities and the changes from one activity to another with the events occurring in some part of the system</para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url="component-diagram">Component Diagram</ulink></emphasis> - show the high level programming components (such as KParts or Java Beans).</para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url="deployment-diagram">Deployment Diagram</ulink></emphasis> - show the instances of the components and their relationships.</para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis><ulink url="entity-relationship-diagram">Entity Relationship Diagram</ulink></emphasis> - show data and the relationships and constraints between the data.</para></listitem> </itemizedlist> </article>
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