UML overview

Use Rational Software Architect to create and maintain UML constructs. This model is referred to as the input meta-model.

The input meta-model provides the input for the Cúram Generator. It is a logical representation of the system. Use the meta-model mechanism to specify the content to generate.

The meta-model consists of a set of packages, which contain class representations. Classes have attributes and operations that have relationships with one another. Classes in the input meta-model result in various Java-generated classes and, in some cases, tables, and indexes in generated Database Definition Language (DDL). DDL is an SQL language subset that defines the structure and instances of a database in both a human-readable form and a machine-readable form.