UML Profile for Framework Architectures, The

3.4. UML-F presentation tags

The basic UML-F tags introduced in the following sections deal only with the visual representation of elements – they do not define any properties of the annotated modeling elements.

3.4.1. Completeness and abstraction

Frameworks tend to have large numbers of classes and interfaces. A complete class diagram that shows all classes and interfaces, as well as their relationships, can easily become incomprehensible and overloaded. Thus, class diagrams usually show only the relevant aspects. In other words, a diagram normally presents information about the existence of elements in a system. However, typically there are other elements that have been omitted in a particular view. Two class diagrams that show the same class ...