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Subject: Re: UML & Ada
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"Marin David Condic" <dont.bother.mcondic.auntie.spam@[acm.org> wrote in message news:<9tgeqm$n1m$1@nh.pace.co.uk>...
> Thanks for the links.
> 
> I agree that there is food value in being able to describe an overall design
> in a language independent way, but I think I want something at more levels
> than that.

 May I suggest a book that describes some existing systems (with
hardware not just web junk) using the UML. I don't always agree with
their terminology but it is good book none the less, much better than
Unified Software Development book.

Applied Software Architecture 
By Christine Hoffmeister,Robert Nord,Dilip Soni

http://www1.fatbrain.com/asp/bookinfo/bookinfo.asp?theisbn=0201325713&vm=

The key point is that a single "view" of a system can not fully
describe it. You need at least a logical view (modularity) and an
execution/process/task view.