UXF

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In computing, UML eXchange Format (UXF) is a XML-based model interchange format for Unified Modeling Language (UML), which is a standard software modeling language. UXF is a structured format described in 1998 and intended to encode, publish, access and exchange UML models.{{cite journal|citeseerx = 10.1.1.19.474|title=Making UML Models Interoperable with UXF|year=1999|last1=Suzuki |first1=Junichi|last2=Yamamoto|first2=Yoshikazu|journal=Selected papers from the First International Workshop on The Unified Modeling Language - UML '98: Beyond the Notation|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery}}

More recent alternatives include XML Metadata Interchange{{cite web|author=UML Forum|title=UML FAQ|url=http://www.umlforum.com/faq/|access-date = 2013-02-21}} and OMG's Diagram Definition standard.{{cite web|author=OMG|title=Diagram Definition, Version 1.0|url=http://www.omg.org/spec/DD/1.0/|date=2012-07-01|access-date = 2013-02-21}}