Introduction

UML Profiles provide a means of extending the UML Language, which enables you to build UML models in particular domains. They are based on additional stereotypes and  Tagged Values that are applied to UML elements, connectors and their components. A Profile is a collection of such extensions that together describe some particular modeling problem and facilitate modeling constructs in that domain. UML Profiles for Enterprise Architect are specified in XML files, with a specific format. These XML files are imported into Enterprise Architect through the Resources window.

The imported Profile also automatically generates a page of elements and relationships in the Enterprise Architect UML Toolbox.

The Resources window contains a tree structure with entries for items such as MDG Technologies, Documents, Stylesheets, Matrix profiles and UML Profiles. The UML Profiles node initially contains no entries; to be able to use Profiles you must import them into Enterprise Architect from supplied XML files.

Items in the Profile represent stereotypes. UML supports a large number of stereotypes, which are an inbuilt mechanism for logically extending or altering the meaning, display and syntax of a model element. Different model elements have different stereotypes associated with them.

For more information on the use of  Profiles in Enterprise Architect, see UML Profiles.

For information on developing your own Profiles, see the following topics: