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Visual modeling techniques are introduced in this work to define methodical analysis and design of adaptive hypermedia applications. The methodology of the UWE approach consists of modeling elements, notation and a method. The method is proposed to support the systematic construction of adaptive hypermedia applications and to identify as many steps as possible to be performed in an automatic way. The notation and semantics of these elements define a “lightweight” UML extension, a so called UML profile. It is defined as a set of stereotypes and properties for adaptive hypermedia that are used in some of the models proposed by UWE for the analysis and design. These models are: a conceptual model to define the content, a user model, a navigation model, a presentational model to define static and dynamic aspects of the presentation and an adaptation model.