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Business Object Notation

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In software engineering, Business Object Notation (BON) is a method and graphical notation for high-level object-oriented analysis and design.

The method was developed between 1989 and 1993 by Jean-Marc Nerson and Kim Waldén as a means of extending the higher-level concepts of the Eiffel programming language. It claims to be much simpler than its competition - the Unified Modeling Language (UML) - but it didn't enjoy its commercial success.

See also

  • BON method website
  • Business Object Notation (BON), Kim Waldén (published as chapter 10 in "Handbook of Object Technology", CRC Press 1998)
  • Waldén, Kim; Nerson, Jean-Marc (1995). Seamless Object-Oriented Software Architecture: Analysis and Design of Reliable Systems. Prentice Hall. ISBN 978-0130313034. (book out of print; its pdf is published at BON method website)
  • An Introduction to BON
  • Tool supporting BON (integrated into Eiffel IDE)