<s>
An	O
artifact	B-Language
in	O
the	O
Unified	B-Language
Modeling	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
UML	B-Language
)	O
is	O
the	O
specification	O
of	O
a	O
physical	O
piece	O
of	O
information	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
or	O
produced	O
by	O
a	O
software	O
development	O
process	O
,	O
or	O
by	O
deployment	O
and	O
operation	O
of	O
a	O
system.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
artifacts	B-Language
include	O
model	O
files	O
,	O
source	O
files	O
,	O
scripts	O
,	O
and	O
binary	B-Application
executable	I-Application
files	O
,	O
a	O
table	B-Application
in	O
a	O
database	B-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
a	O
development	O
deliverable	O
,	O
a	O
word-processing	B-General_Concept
document	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
mail	O
message	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artifacts	B-Language
are	O
the	O
physical	O
entities	O
that	O
are	O
deployed	O
on	O
Nodes	B-Language
(	O
i.e.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
UML	B-Language
elements	O
such	O
as	O
classes	O
and	O
components	O
are	O
first	O
manifested	O
into	O
artifacts	B-Language
and	O
instances	O
of	O
these	O
artifacts	B-Language
are	O
then	O
deployed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Artifacts	B-Language
can	O
also	O
be	O
composed	O
of	O
other	O
artifacts	B-Language
.	O
</s>
