System Integration Modelling Using UML
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System Integration Modelling Using UML
For the integration of IT systems, we need to define which information needs to be exchanged and how it will be exchanged. For this reason, the system integration model consists of two different views: the process view and the static view.
In system integration, the main focus is on process steps that are significantly important for the interaction, exchange of messages, between IT systems and/or involved parties. Nevertheless, often process steps are described that do not necessarily exchange messages, but are important for the complete comprehension of the process. An example of this could be the unloading of the luggage of passengers who did not board the airplane (action unload luggage in the activity no boarding).
The static view describes the content and structure of the business objects that are exchanged between partners.
The process view depicts those activities that an IT system passes through when it exchanges messages with other IT systems. Purely technical processes that are necessary for communication between IT systems, such as dial-up or other connection to the Internet, are not the subject of the process view of our model.
