Open ModelSphere
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Open ModelSphere is a data, process and UML modeling tool[1] written in Java and released under the open source GPL License. It provides support for forward and reverse engineering between UML and relational schemas[2].
History
Open ModelSphere was developed by Grandite as a proprietary software named SILVERRUN ModelSphere supporting business process and relational data modeling with a first basic release in 2002. Later on, more features were added including support for conceptual data modeling and UML diagramming. In September 2008, Grandite released ModelSphere's core application as an open source product based on the GNU Public License version 3. Its development environment is hosted on JavaForge.
Releases
September 2008: Open ModelSphere 3.0
- First open source release
November 2009: Open ModelSphere 3.1, featuring
- Core application based on Java 6
- New look & feel
- Interface to forward / reverse engineer Java code
- New mechanism to facilitate the use of plug-ins