The quest for open source projects that use UML: Mining GitHub

Regina Hebig; Truong Ho Quang; Michel R.V. Chaudron; Gregorio Robles; Miguel Angel Fernandez

doi:10.1145/2976767.2976778

The quest for open source projects that use UML: Mining GitHub

Regina Hebig, Truong Ho Quang, Michel R.V. Chaudron, Gregorio Robles, Miguel Angel Fernandez

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Abstract

Context: While industrial use of UML was studied intensely, little is known about UML use in Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) projects. Goal: We aim at systematically mining GitHub projects to answer the question when models, if used, are created and updated throughout the whole project's life-span. Method: We present a semi-automated approach to collect UML stored in images, .xmi, and .uml files and scanned ten percent of all GitHub projects (1.24 million). Our focus was on number and role of contributors that created/updated models and the time span during which this happened. Results: We identified and studied 21 316 UML diagrams within 3 295 projects. Conclusion: Creating/updating of UML happens most often during a very short phase at the project start. For 12% of the models duplicates were found, which are in average spread across 1.88 projects. Finally, we contribute a list of GitHub projects that include UML files.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 19th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2016
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery, Inc
Pages	173-183
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450343213
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2976767.2976778
Publication status	Published - 2 Oct 2016
Externally published	Yes
Event	19th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2016 - Saint-Malo, France Duration: 2 Oct 2016 → 7 Oct 2016

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Conference	19th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2016
Country/Territory	France
City	Saint-Malo
Period	2/10/16 → 7/10/16

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© 2016 ACM.

Keywords

Free software
GitHub
Mining software repositories
Open source
UML

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Hebig, R, Quang, TH, Chaudron, MRV, Robles, G & Fernandez, MA 2016, The quest for open source projects that use UML: Mining GitHub. in Proceedings - 19th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2016. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, pp. 173-183, 19th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2016, Saint-Malo, France, 2/10/16. https://doi.org/10.1145/2976767.2976778

The quest for open source projects that use UML: Mining GitHub. / Hebig, Regina; Quang, Truong Ho; Chaudron, Michel R.V. et al.
Proceedings - 19th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS 2016. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2016. p. 173-183.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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The quest for open source projects that use UML: Mining GitHub

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