UML Automation Profile: Enhancing the Efficiency of Software Development in the Automation Industry

The development of modern distributed automation applications is challenging. However, high-level modeling potentially increases the efficiency of development. This paper introduces a UML profile for applications in the automation industry. The profile is formed by extending UML V2 with various automation domain specific concepts. The UML profile mechanism and selected existing UML profiles provide a basis for the novel automation profile. Future work will concentrate on integration of the profile to the requirement standards as well as providing tool support for the use of the automation profile.