The quest for open source projects that use UML

Submitted by msquire on Thu, 2016-10-13 22:27
TitleThe quest for open source projects that use UML
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2016
Authorsfernandezmiguel angel ,, Hebig, R, Quang, TH, Chaudron, MRV
Tertiary AuthorsBaudry, B, Combemale, B
Secondary TitleProceedings of the ACM/IEEE 19th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems - MODELS '16
Pagination173 - 183
PublisherACM Press
Place PublishedNew York, New York, USA
ISBN Number9781450343213
Abstract

Context: While industrial use of UML was studied intensely,little is known about UML use in Free/Open Source Soft-ware (FOSS) projects. Goal: We aim at systematically mining GitHub projects to answer the question when mod-els, if used, are created and updated throughout the whole project’s life-span. Method: We present a semi-automated approach to collect UML stored in images, .xmi, and .uml files and scanned ten percent of all GitHub projects (1.24million). Our focus was on number and role of contributors that created/updated models and the time span during which this happened. Results: We identified and studied 21 316 UML diagrams within 3 295 projects. Conclusion: Creating/updating of UML happens most often during a very short phase at the project start. For 12% of the models duplicates were found, which are in average spread across 1.88 projects. Finally, we contribute a list of GitHub projects that include UML files.
URLhttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/308869547_The_quest_for_open_source_projects_that_use_UML_mining_GitHub
DOI10.1145/2976767.2976778
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