UMLyric - The UML Poem Contest
The 1st UML Poem Contest - UMLyric 2004 - http://umlyric.umlet.com - umlyric@umlet.com


Language is there to communicate, to evoke, to inspire

To master a language, you must articulate yourself time and again, tweak the syntax, invent expressions.
Thus, an other approach to the Unified Modeling Laguage: UMLyric.


UMLyric
UMLyric is a UML poem contest.
It wants to foster the understanding of UML by making you write poems in UML.
Learn both UML's power and shortcomings by leaving the fold yard.


Participate
1. Write a new or transfer/paraphrase an existing poem in UML notation.
2. G
ive it a unique name, for example, "NameOfPoem".
3. Either put a diagram screenshot on your Web site, or send us a screenshot and we'll publish it here.

Assess a poem's popularity with Google search: '+"NameOfPoem" +"UMLyric Poem Contest 2004" '.
From November 1st to November 7th 2004 claim your victory: send us the number of such Google hits.

Take a look at some poems!

Vote
To vote for a poem you like, just write the exact name of the poem, and the sentence "UMLyric Poem Contest 2004" anywhere on a Web site where Google might find it.


Example
"RoseRoseRoseInheritance", the UML version of "A rose is a rose is a rose" (Gertrude Stein, "Sacred Emily", 1913):