Describing dynamic software architectures using an extended uml model

In this paper, we propose a new UML2.0 profile to describe the change of software architectures. The profile introduces a set of stereotypes for modeling the structural and the dy-namic aspect as well as architectural constraints. We adapt the component diagrams metamodel on specific purposes by extending existing metaclasses. The adaptations are defined using stereotypes which are grouped in a profile. The pro-file offers to the architects an intuitive and complete way to specify the software architecture based on visual notations. Categories and Subject Descriptor