Determining the similarity of uml-models by combining different software properties

One of the most important elements of every software system is its design architecture. Software design is a demanding task that requires lot of experience, expertise and knowledge of many different types of design alternatives. Each software engineers acquires more specific knowledge as he/she participate in a new project. Experienced engineers are very vital asset to Software Company, especially in a high competitive market environment; as such reusing knowledge of experienced engineers can save a lot of cost and time to the software company. UML models are de facto modelling language used by many software engineers during the software design stage, its receiving a widespread attention in the field of software reuse. It’s not surprising, because of the benefits that can be reaped out during the reuse of early software design is numerous, and it can lead to reuse of all related work-products. There is considerable amount of works that takes place within the scope of UML models reuse, this paper presents an experimental results of different features of UML models that are used during the matching and retrieval of UML diagrams from repository.