Bridging XML and UML - An Automated Framework

A large variety of data is serialized and exchanged using XML. Model-driven activities can benefit from XML data, as shown by various approaches to IP-XACT and UML integration. However, these approaches are inherently time consuming, error-prone, and inflexible due to the manual effort involved. We propose an automated framework for integrating arbitrary XML data into UML models using an automatically generated UML profile corresponding to the structure of the XML data. User-defined XML-to-UML mappings further enhance this integration. Our approach mitigates the aforementioned issues while providing the same benefits.