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This paper discusses how MSC-2000 could influence the Sequence Diagrams within UML 2.0, and whythe UML 1.x semantics is partly inadequate for what is needed in the area of sequence charts. Extracts of a possible UML meta-model is shown and this can be understood as a conceptual model for MSC-2000 as well and an indication of an approach to the future MSC-2000 semantics. UML Collaboration Diagrams have no direct counterpart in SDL/MSC and the difference between sequence diagrams and collaboration diagrams is analyzed.
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Haugen, Ø. (2001). From MSC-2000 to UML 2.0 – The Future of Sequence Diagrams. In: Reed, R., Reed, J. (eds) SDL 2001: Meeting UML. SDL 2001. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2078. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48213-X_3
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