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== Definition ==
 
== Definition ==
'''PlantUML''' is an [[Open Source]] tool allowing users to create diagrams from a plain text language.  
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'''PlantUML''' is an [[Open Source]] modeling language and tool allowing users to create diagrams from a plain text language. The syntax of PlantUML uses some common constructs, especially in the UML subset, but follows mostly domain specific conventions for each diagram type.
  
 
== Supported Diagrams ==
 
== Supported Diagrams ==
* UML diagrams:
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* UML diagrams which are broadly classified into structural and behavioral
** [[Sequence Diagram]]
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** Structural UML diagrams:
** [[Use Case Diagram]]
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*** [[Deployment Diagram]]
** [[Class Diagram]]
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*** [[Component Diagram]]
** [[Object Diagram]]
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*** [[Class Diagram]]
** Activity diagram
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*** [[Object Diagram]]
** Component diagram
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** Behavioral UML diagrams:
** Deployment diagram
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*** [[Use Case Diagram]]
** State diagram
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*** [[Activity Diagram]]
** Timing diagram
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*** [[Sequence Diagram]]
* Archimate
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*** [[Timing Diagram]]
* Block diagram
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*** [[State Diagram]]
* BPMN
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* Non-UML diagrams:
* C4
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** Data Representation
* Computer network diagram
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*** [[JSON]] Object
* ERD
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*** [[YAML]] File
* Gantt Chart
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** Knowledge Representation
* Mind Map
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*** [[Entity Relationship Diagram]]
* WBD
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*** [[Mind Map]]
* JSON and YAML files
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** Project Management
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*** [[Gantt Chart]]
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*** [[Work Breakdown Structure]]
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*** PERT Chart (Not Yet Implemented)
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** Other
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*** Wireframe
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*** C4 Model (via additional macros included in standard library)
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== Issues and Challenges ==
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* Support for various diagrams is experimental or work-in-progress
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== See Also ==
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* [[ArchiMate]]
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* [[Business Process Model Notation]]
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Latest revision as of 14:10, 18 February 2022

Definition

PlantUML is an Open Source modeling language and tool allowing users to create diagrams from a plain text language. The syntax of PlantUML uses some common constructs, especially in the UML subset, but follows mostly domain specific conventions for each diagram type.

Supported Diagrams

Issues and Challenges

  • Support for various diagrams is experimental or work-in-progress

See Also

References