What is Rational Rose?

The Rational Rose is a visual modeling tool from Rational Software which supports object-oriented modeling and controlled iterative development. (This is the product the BEA Rose Expert "plugs in" to.) The Rose model-diagram architecture facilitates use of the following object modeling languages and notations for object-oriented analysis and design:

These symbolic systems use semantic information to help ensure the validity of a design while you are constructing an application, and help you to maintain consistency across components. Of these, we focus on UML here since it is popularly accepted as the standard.