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'''Open ModelSphere''' iswas a data, process and [[Unified Modeling Language|UML]] modeling tool<ref>Podniknové procesy, Grada Publishing, 2007, {{ISBN |978-80-247-2252-8}}, p 268</ref> written in Java and releaseddistributed under theas [[openfree sourcesoftware]] under the [[GPL License]]. It providesprovided support for forward and reverse engineering between UML and relational schemas.<ref>UML and the Unified Process, Liliana Favre, IRM Press, 2003, {{ISBN |1-931777-44-6}}, p 219</ref>.

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'''Open ModelSphere''' is a data, process and [[Unified Modeling Language|UML]] modeling tool<ref>Podniknové procesy, Grada Publishing, 2007, ISBN 978-80-247-2252-8, p 268</ref> written in Java and released under the [[open source]] [[GPL License]]. It provides support for forward and reverse engineering between UML and relational schemas<ref>UML and the Unified Process, Liliana Favre, IRM Press, 2003, ISBN 1-931777-44-6, p 219</ref>.

==History==

Open ModelSphere has SILVERRUN PerfectO asfor itsan ancestor, a proprietary software developed by Computer Systems Advisers and released in 1996. PerfectO was part of the SILVERRUN suite of modeling tools, which is known byin the modeling community since the 1990s;<ref>The Decline And Fall of the American Programmer, Edward Yourdon, Yourdon Press, 1993, {{ISBN |0-13-191958-X}}, p 165154</ref>; PerfectO was used to support object-oriented modeling (limited to class modeling at that time) and object-relational modeling.<ref>Informix Unleashed, Sams Publishing, 1997, Chapter 45 (Modeling Types in Informix-Universal Server, Jim Pradesh), {{ISBN |0-672-30650-6}}, pp 1117-1118</ref>.

In 1998, PerfectO was translated into Java toresulting givein SILVERRUN-JD (Java Designer). With the addition of relational data modeling, the product was renamed to SILVERRUN ModelSphere and released in 2002. Later on, more features were added including support for business process modeling, conceptual data modeling, and UML diagramming.

In September 2008, Grandite released ModelSphere's core application as an open source product based on the GNU General Public License version 3. Its development environment iswas hosted on [[JavaForge]] which shut down March 31, 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://intland.com/blog/oss/javaforge-to-shut-down-on-31-march-2016/|title=JavaForge to Shut Down on 31 March 2016|newspaper=Intland Software|access-date=2016-12-12}}</ref> An empty project is hosted on SourceForge which was registered on Sep 16th, 2008 and last updated on Mar 27th, 2013.

No releases, files, or source code are available anymore from Grandite as of Oct 18th, 2016. The remaining publicly available forks of the 3.0 codeline are based on Java 7, out of free support itself since 2015.

==Database support==

Open ModelSphere works with<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.modelsphere.com/org/help/User_Guide.html|title=Open ModelSphere - User's Guide|website=www.modelsphere.com|access-date=2018-06-02}}</ref>

* [[Oracle Database|Oracle]]

* [[IBM Informix|Informix]]

* [[Microsoft SQL Server]]

* [[Sybase]]

* [[IBM Db2|DB2]]

* [[PostgreSQL]]

==Releases==

September 2008: Open ModelSphere 3.0<br />

January 6, 2016: Open ModelSphere 3.2.2

* First open source release<br /><br />

* No release notes provided

November 2009: Open ModelSphere 3.1, featuring<br />

November 2009: Open ModelSphere 3.1, featuring<br />

* 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

September 2008: Open ModelSphere 3.0<br />

* First open source release<br /><br />

July 2002: SILVERRUN ModelSphere 2.0

* Addition of business process modeling

February 2002: SILVERRUN ModelSphere 1.0

* Addition of relational modeling

==See also==

*[[List of UML tools]]

*[[Entity-relationship model]]

==Reviews==

*[http://www.scottpetrovic.com/blog/2010/09/uml-google-code-game-progress/ UML, Google Code, ...]

*[http://www.mydigitallife.co.za/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=creating-data-models-with-open-modelsphere.html&Itemid=29/ Creating data models with Open ModelSphere]

*[http://freshpathconsulting.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/open-modelsphere/ The Path]

*[http://www.laboiteaprog.com/article-114-4-genie_logiciel_open_modelsphere/ La boîte à Prog (French)]

== References ==

{{reflist}}

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==External links==

* {{Official website|https://dbmstools.com/tools/modelsphere}}

*[http://www.modelsphere.org Official Open ModelSphere website]

*{{GitHub|denis-vilyuzhanin/OpenModelSphereMirror| Mirror of the source code from Sep 28, 2013 (it corresponds to the version 3.0 from 2008)}}

*[http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2504030&mostPopular= Open ModelSphere Community's website]

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