A method for mapping a DICOM document into a UML document is disclosed and claimed by this invention. The method includes mapping each DICOM Information Entity in the DICOM document into a corresponding UML class in the UML document, mapping each DICOM IOD Module in the DICOM document into a corresponding UML class in the UML document, mapping each DICOM Macro in the DICOM document into a corresponding UML class in the UML document, and mapping each DICOM Attribute in the DICOM document into a corresponding UML attribute in the UML document. It also includes a UML profile for DICOM information model which guides the UML modeling for all the DICOM IODs. It can also guide the genertion of XML schemas and DTDs from UML models based on this profile.