Where Can the UML Be Used

The UML is intended primarily for software-intensive systems. It has been used effectively for such domains as

Enterprise information systems

Banking and financial services

Telecommunications

Transportation

Defense/aerospace

Retail

Medical electronics

Scientific

Distributed Web-based services

The UML is not limited to modeling software. In fact, it is expressive enough to model non-software systems, such as workflow in the legal system, the structure and behavior of a patient healthcare system, software engineering in aircraft combat systems, and the design of hardware.

UML主要用于软件密集型系统．它已经有效的被使用于如下领域中

企业信息系统        

银行和财务服务系统

电讯系统

运输系统

防御／航空航天工业

零售行业

医用电子仪表

科学实验

基于网络的分布式服务

UML并不止限于为软件构建模型．事实上，它有足够的表达形式来构建非软件类的系统．比如法律业的工作流；医疗康复中心的结构和行为；应用于空中战斗的软件工程；硬件设计