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, UML eXchange Format (UXF) is a

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-based model interchange format for

Unified Modeling Language The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general-purpose, developmental modeling language in the field of software engineering that is intended to provide a standard way to visualize the design of a system. The creation of UML was originally m ...

(UML), which is a standard software modeling language. UXF is a structured format described in 1998 and intended to encode, publish, access and exchange UML models. More recent alternatives include

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and OMG's Diagram Definition standard.

Known uses

* UMLet is an application that uses UXF as its native file format.

References

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