I'd say it's getting a wide audience agree on a common method of notation. I have a Java book from 1999-2000 which uses OMT (all right, OMT's object diagrams) a

I'd say it's getting a wide audience agree on a common method of notation. I have a Java book from 1999-2000 which uses OMT (all right, OMT's object diagrams) as its main representation. Not too far off from UML class diagrams, as it is also considered a historical predecessor, but still enough to make me consult the legend time to time.