Glossary of Unified Modeling Language Terms - D

D

  • Decision - a point in an Activity diagram where a Flow splits into several, mutually exclusive, Guarded flows. A Merge marks the end of the optional behaviour started by the Decision
  • Dependency - a dependency exists between two defined elements if a change to the definition of one would result in a change to the other. In UML this is indicated by a line pointing from the dependent to the independent element.
  • Deployment diagram
  • Derived property - a property that can be calculated or inferred from other properties
  • Diagram - a visual representation of a subset of features of a UML Model
  • Directed relationship -
  • Domain - a logical grouping that explicitly declares a rule which defines ownership of objects based upon some type or property.

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