Front Matter

UML Pattern Language, A

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Copyright 2000 by MTP

Printed in the United States of America

First Printing: February, 2000

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Number 98-87412

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Credits

Publisher

David Dwyer

Associate Publisher

Brad Koch

Executive Editor

Linda Ratts Engelman

Managing Editor

Gina Brown

Development Editor

Thomas Cirtin

Product Marketing Manager

Stephanie Layton

Project Editor

Laura Loveall

Copy Editor

Nancy Sixsmith

Indexer

Joy Dean Lee

Editorial Coordinator

Jennifer Garrett

Manufacturing Coordinator

Chris Moos

Book Designer

Gary Adair

Cover Designer

Aren Howell

Composition

Amy Parker

Dedications

I want to dedicate this book to four people who have made this book possible on a personal level. My son, Jesse, contributed an occasionally inscrutable sense of humor whenever humor disappeared. My brother, Chris, nagged me to do something over a few beers. My wife, Lyne, knew when to disappear, and when not to. Last but not least, my father-in-law, Eugene Cote, whose sparkling faith in the book's inevitability got me over many rough spots. This book would not have been finished without him. And, as a lagniappe, I also want to thank my Mom, without whom I wouldn't have been possible. She's number five, but also number one.