These and other possible future developments have been organised in a UEML roadmap comprising several research directions, each detailed by specific actions (Opdahl & Berio 2006). To some extent, further UEML development in each direction can progress in parallel without strict coordination.
The ten original directions were:
- Language breadth – include more languages;
- Ontological depth – refine the common ontology;
- Ontological clarity – elaborate the common ontology language;
- Presentation – extend the support for presentation issues;
- Mathematical formality – define UEML semantics formally;
- Tool support – develop prototype tool with GUI and validation support;
- Model management – provide support for model management in addition to language management;
- Validation – structural and behavioural language and model validation;
- Dissemination – make UEML known in industry and academia and as a standard;
- Community – establish and maintain a committed and cohesive community for managing and evolving UEML and its approach.
References
- Opdahl, A.L. & Berio, G. (2006b). A Roadmap for the UEML. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Interoperability for Enterprise Software and Applications (I-ESA 2006).