"Advances in UML and XML-Based Software Evolution" reports advances in applications of two popularly used languages, UML and XML, in the field of software evolution.

Advances in UML and XML-Based Software Evolution reports recent advances in applications of two popularly used languages, UML and XML, in the field of software evolution. This book covers topics such as: visualizing legacy systems with UML, augmenting UML to support the design and evolution of user interfaces, migration of persistent object models using XML and much more. Advances in UML and XML-Based Software Evolution brings many specialists' views into one comprehensive text for all academic researchers and industrial practitioners to learn more about these languages.

A sample of chapters: Variability Expression within the context of UML: Issues and Comparisons
Using a Graph Transformation System to Improve the Quality Characteristics of UML-RT Specifications
Version Control of Software Models
Support for Collaborative Component-Based Software Engineering
Developing Requirements Using Use-Case Modelling and the Volere Template - Establishing a Base Line for Evolution
Formalizing and Analyzing UML Use Case View using Hierarchical Predicate Transition Nets