IBM® Rational® Software Modeler (RSM) is a robust UML™ 2.0-based visual modeling and design tool.
Enables architects, systems analysts, designers and others to specify and communicate development project information from several perspectives and to various stakeholders.
- Extends Eclipse 3.2 open software development environment.
- Is easy to install and use, with flexible installation options in a single product for Microsoft® Windows® and Linux®.
- Provides rich support for modeling with the UML 2.1.
- Enables flexible model management for parallel development and architectural re-factoring, e.g., split, combine, compare merge models/model fragments.
- Helps ease the transition between the architecture and the code with model-to-model and model-to-code transformations, including reverse transformations.
- Allows you to apply included design patterns — and/or author your own to ensure that conventions and best practices are followed.
- Integrates with other facets of the lifecycle — including requirements, change management and process guidance; includes Rational ClearCase® LT.
- Operating systems supported: Linux, Windows
More Features and benefits... (From IBM®)
- IBM® Developer Work home for RSM
- RSM Product Overview (from IBM®)
- RSM Data Sheet
Get a brief overview of RSM, outlining the tool's core features and capabilities.
Documantation
- Rational Documantation Home (from IBM®)
- RSM Documantation Search Results (from IBM®)
Rational Resources
- Rational Support Home
- IBM RedBooks Home
- Rational Tutorials Home
- The Rational Edge
The e-zine for the Rational community
Articals and Tutorials
- Next-generation model-driven development (Dec 2004, IBM pdf)
Gives insight in to how Rational Rose™ evolves into RSM/RSA and key features of RSM/RSA
Support and community
- RSM forum
The RSM forum offers a place where RSM users can go to ask questions, respond to issues, and collaborate with other RSM users to solve technical problems. ask questions, share tips, talk about solutions to problems. To participate via email, first subscribe with a note to dev-tools-subscribe@lists.ca.ibm.com. Subscribers may post via email to dev-tools@lists.ca.ibm.com.
