A Framework for Classifying and Comparing Graphical Object Oriented Modeling Languages

Object-oriented modeling has become the de-facto standard in the software development process during the last decades. A great deal of research in this area focuses on proposing modeling languages. In order to properly understand, and assess an object oriented modeling language, we believe that a set of criteria or requirements is needed. This paper presents a framework to investigate and compare graphical object oriented modeling languages. This framework is based on a requirement set for an ideal object-oriented modeling languages.