value

An element of a type domain.

value lifeline

A lifeline that shows the lifeline's state across the diagram, within parallel lines indicating a steady state. A cross between the lines indicates a transition or change in state.

vertex

A source or a target for a transition in a state machine. A vertex can be either a state or a pseudo-state.

See also: state, pseudo-state

view

A projection of a model, which is seen from a given perspective or vantage point and omits entities that are not relevant to this perspective.

view element

An element that is a textual and/or graphical projection of a collection of model elements.

view projection

A projection of model elements onto view elements. A view projection provides a location and a style for each view element.

visibility

An enumeration whose value (public, protected, package or private) denotes how the model element to which it refers can be seen outside its enclosing namespace.

Visual Basic

A rapid application development programming language. Windows' only scripting language based on COM.