User:Patsw/Sparx Systems

Sparx Systems is a software company headquartered in Creswick, Victoria, Australia. Sparx Systems was founded in 1996 by Geoffrey Sparks, and is best known for Enterprise Architect, a popular UML and SysML modeling tool.

Sparx Enterprise Architect

Enterprise Architect

Developer(s)	Sparx Systems
Stable release	8.0 (Build 858) / June 24, 2010 (2010-06-24)
Operating system	Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X using Crossover Office Emulation
Type	UML tool
License	Proprietary
Website	http://www.sparxsystems.com

Enterprise Architect (EA) is a Unified Modeling Language tool produced by Sparx Systems.

EA's feature set supports the following capabilities

• UML 2.1 support
• XMI 2.1 support
• SysML 1.0 support (via a plug-in)
• BPMN 1.0 support (built-in)
• Service-Oriented Modeling Framework (SOMF)
• Requirements management
• Automated document generation
• Debug of running code
• Extensibility through:
  • UML Profiles
  • Automation
  • Add-ins
  • Customisable templates (Code Generation, Document Generation)
• Full round-trip engineering of the following languages:
  • ActionScript
  • C#
  • C++
  • Corba IDL
  • Delphi
  • Java
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Visual Basic 6
  • Visual Basic .NET
• Model-to-model transformations

See also

• List of UML tools
• Service-Oriented Modeling Framework (SOMF)

External links

• Official Website
• Case Study for using Enterprise Architect
• Enterprise Analyst by Craftware. Plug-in
• Enterprise Tester by Catch Limited. Test Management Plug-in
• EA Connector for QC by Catch Limited. Interface between EA & Quality Center Plug-in
• Screen Architect by Catch Limited. GUI Prototyper Plug-in
• Sparx Systems New Zealand site
• IDEAS Ontology Add-In for Sparx from Model Futures (Beta Test Release)

Category:Software companies of Australia Category:UML tools Category:Enterprise architecture