TCM 2.20

TCM - Set of graphical editors for various software specification methods (generic, UML, SA).

TCM (Toolkit for Conceptual Modeling) is a collection of graphical editors for different software specification methods. It contains generic editors (for generic diagrams, tables and trees), editors for Structured Analysis (entity-relationship diagrams, data and event flow diagrams, state-transition diagrams, function refinement trees etc.) and editors for UML (static-structure diagrams, use-case diagrams, collaboration diagrams, statechart diagrams, etc.).TCM supports constraint checking for single documents (e.g. name duplication and cycles in is-a relationships). TCM distinguishes built-in constraints (of which a violation cannot even be attempted) from immediate constraints (of which an attempted violation is immediately prevented) and soft constraints (against which the editor provides a warning when it checks the drawing). TCM supports hierarchic graphs, so that it can handle for example hierarchic statecharts. Features to be added later include constraint checking across documents and executable models.In addition to the TCM file format, TCM output (Encapsulated) PostScript, PNG and the XFig file format. The file format is simple to read and parse so other forms of output can be generated easily.