Using UML Component as a logical analysis element?

[Geert Bellekens]

Hi,

My client is currently creating a "Component Based Design with UML" method for functional and technical analyses.
We had a discussion about the UML component (UML v2); whether or not it is a common practice to use it in a functional, non platform specific, non technical manner.
My question: Do you use the Component only to model a physical "deployment" item (as UML v1 would suggest) or do you also use it on a logical level; to group analysis elements and define the services of and the dependencies between the groups?

[Jan ´Bary´ Glas]

I do keep three levels of architecture on my mind when working - the Business Architecture that says what part of process is done by who and where (what modules, systems). This is just a part of logical model, but I use components for it. The second level is classical usage of components on a design level (platform specific) and the third is a physical model of deployment, there I do not use components but nodes.