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ModelingWebApplicationArchitectureswithUML

Sinceallofthesemechanismscontributetothebusinesslogicofthesystem,theyneedtobemodeledassuch.Additionally

becausetheyonlyrepresentpartofthebusinesslogic,theyneedtobeintegratedwiththerestofthesystem’smodels.Inmany

situations,thebulkofbusinesslogiciecutedbehindthewebserverinoneoftheserversidetiers.Thechoiceofmodeling

languageandnotationistypicallydecidedbytheneedsofthietheapplication.WiththeacceptanceofUMLbytheOMG

asanofficialobjectmodelinglanguage,moreandmoresystemsarebeingexpressedwithUMLnotation.Formany,UMLis

thelanguageofchoiceformodelingsoftwareintensivesystems.Themainissuesinmodelingwebapplicationsthenbecomes:

“HowdoIexpressthebusinesslogicbeingexecutedinmyweb-specificcomponentsalongsidetherestofmyapplication?”

Theanswerliesinourabilitytoexpresstheexecutionofthesystem’sbusinesslogicinthoseweb-specificelementsand

technologieswithUML.

Thispaperisintendedasanintroductiontotheissuesandpossiblesolutionsformodelingwebapplications.Itfocusesonthe

architecturallysignificantcomponentsparticulartowebapplicationsandhowtomodelthemwithUML.Itisassumedthatthe

readerisfamiliarwithUML,object-orientedprincipals,andwebapplicationdevelopment.Theworkdescribedinthispaper

isbasedonsomefairlyinnocuousassumptions:

•Webapplicationsaresoftwareintensivesystemsthatarebecomingmorecomplex,andareinsertingthemselvesin

moremissioncriticalroles.

•Onewaytomanagecomplexityinsoftwaresystemsistoandmodelthem.

•Asoftwaresystemtypicallyhasmultiplemodels,eachrepresentingadifferentviewpoint,levelofion,and

detail.

•Theprop