Attribute-oriented modeling — Another dimension for Model-Based Systems Engineering

This paper presents a new approach to Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) called “Attribute-Oriented Modeling.” This approach is used with a modeling language such as UML. The central concept of this approach is that model elements used in models of systems in a particular domain should be defined with a set of attributes that the system components to be modeled possess. The model of a system is created by specifying, for each component in the system, the values of the attributes that the model element that represents the component has.