%0 Journal Article %T UML-F: A Modeling Language for Object-Oriented Frameworks %A Marcus Fontoura %A Wolfgang Pree %A Bernhard Rumpe %J Computer Science %D 2014 %I arXiv %R 10.1007/3-540-45102-1_4 %X The paper presents the essential features of a new member of the UML language family that supports working with object-oriented frameworks. This UML extension, called UML-F, allows the explicit representation of framework variation points. The paper discusses some of the relevant aspects of UML-F, which is based on standard UML extension mechanisms. A case study shows how it can be used to assist framework development. A discussion of additional tools for automating framework implementation and instantiation rounds out the paper. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1409.6915v1