Define Domain Terms with Glossary

Same word(s) under different domains can mean differently, like the word Java stand for a programming language in terms of programming, while it stands for an island of Indonesia in terms of geography. Visual Paradigm for UML (VP-UML) provides a Glossary Grid for analyst to identify and describe domain specific terminologies.

To define glossary:

Select Tools > Model Elements Grid > Open Glossary Grid.
Once the Glossary Grid is opened, press the Create Term button to create a term in glossary.
Name the term as Shipping.
Select the term and press the Open Specification button.
You can define alias for this term. Press the Add button below Alias box to create new alias. Name the alias as delivery.
You can also define documentation for the term. Let's enter Either express or standard shipping. In the Documentation area. Press OK to commit.
Now the alias and documentation are listed in the Glossary Grid.
Switch to Revised Use Case Diagram, right click on the Place Order use case and select Use Case Details.
Switch to Flow of Events tab. Now the words shipping are being highlighted.
Place the mouse pointer over any of the highlighted words, documentation will be shown up.
Open the use case detail for the Deliver Item use case, the word delivery is also being highlighted, since it is the alias of the term Shipping as defined in glossary.
Besides using Glossary Grid, you can also add new terms from use case detail editor. Select the word order, right click and select Add "order" to Glossary.
And define alias and documentation for term order.
Now go back to the use case detail editor, and you can see the word order is being highlighted. Again, place the mouse pointer over the word order and you can see its documentation.
You can navigate from the highlighted words to Glossary Grid by right click on it, and select Open Glossary Term.
The glossary terms you defined will also be highlighted in the documentation of model elements.
You can export the glossary, along with its terms into an Excel file, and import it back to aid in a mass modification or review.