TeX-UPmethodology

LaTeX Style for writing cool reports (version: 20260410)

Authors or contributors: Stéphane Galland

TeX-UPmethodology is a LaTeX style which permits to create documents and reports with version, history, authors, validators, specification, task management, etc., as for the reports in a Unified Process methodology (UP or RUP).

TeX-UPmethodology could be used to write documents that are not related to the UP methodology. For example, the project TeX-templates uses TeX-UPmethology for building PhD dissertations and technical reports.

1. Available Styles

Several styles are already provided for direct download or as packages.

CAUTION: Several of them are under proprietary licenses. You are granted to use, modify or redistribute them under the terms of these proprietary licenses.

Type	Name	Infos	Usage Restrictions	Examples	Ubuntu
Report	classic	Included	LGPL		tex-upmethodology
Report	modern	Included	LGPL		tex-upmethodology
Report	Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM)	Open	© UTBM		tex-templates-utbmciadreport-2025
PhD dissertation	Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM)	Open	© UTBM		tex-templates-utbm-phdthesis
PhD dissertation	Université Bourgogne Europe (UBE)	Open	© UBE		tex-templates-ube-phdthesis
PhD dissertation	Université Marie et Louis Pasteur (UMLP)	Open	© UMLP		tex-templates-umlp-phdthesis
HDR dissertation	Université Bourgogne Europe (UBE)	Open	© UBE		tex-templates-spimhdr

2. Create your own style

You could create you own style by following the following steps.

2.1. Header and Copyright

Find the logo of your university in SVG or PDF format. We recommend to have the logo in vectorial format, not bitmap.

Create the .cfg file that describes the new style elements. The format of this file is TeX. It contains the elements in this section and the following. Define the copyright string of your extension in French and English:

\DeclareCopyright[french]{extension-name}{copyright-year}{author-name}{legal-text}
\DeclareCopyright[english]{extension-name}{copyright-year}{author-name}{legal-text}

Where:

• extension-name is the code name of your extension;
• copyright-year is the year(s) of the copyright;
• author-name is the name(s) of the extension's authors;
• legal-text is a text that is describing the copy rights.

2.2. LaTeX Package Inclusion

You could include any LaTeX package that is needed by your extension, for example:

\usepackage{helvet}
\renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault}

2.3. Redefine the colors

The style has many predefined colors. You could adapt them to your own style by using the macros \definecolor or \colorlet from the xcolor package, for example:

\definecolor{mycolor}{rgb}{0.62890625,0.0546875,0.18359375}

The major colors that could be redefined are listed in the following tables.

Algorithms

Back-Cover Page

Bibliography

Contribution Blocks

Definition Blocks

Emphazing Blocks

Emphazing Text

Floating Objects

Front-Cover Page

Objective Blocks

Research Question Blocks

PhD Disseration Standards

Sectioning

Tables and Tabulars

Watermark

2.4. Define the layout of the front page

The front page has a specific layout. Usually, it is implemented using the TikZ package and associated macros. The definition of the front page must be done using the macro \Set{cfontpage}{latex-code}. For example:

\Set{cfrontpage}{
    \pagestyle{empty}
    \begin{picture}(0,0)
        \put(-45,-60){\parbox[t][12cm][t]{17cm}{
            \renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1} 
            \begin{center}
                {\Large \theauthorlist} \\[1.5cm]

                \parbox{\linewidth}{\centering\Large\nohyphens{\theupmproject}}
                \Ifnotempty\theupmdocname{\\[.25cm]\parbox{\linewidth}{\centering\large\nohyphens{\theupmdocname}}}
            \end{center}
        }}
    \end{picture}
}

2.5. Define the layout of the back page

The back page has a specific layout. Usually, it is also implemented using the TikZ package and associated macros. The definition of the back page must be done using the macro \Set{backpage}{latex-code}. For example:

\Set{cfrontpage}{
    \pagestyle{empty}
    \begin{picture}(0,0)
        \put(-45,-60){\parbox[t][12cm][t]{17cm}{
            \nohyphens{\ignorespaces\theupmproject}
        }}
    \end{picture}
}

2.6. Create the LaTeX class

In order to make your style easy to be used, it is recommended to create a LaTeX class (.cls file) that describes the new style class. The format of this file is TeX. This class could be defined to help any user of your style to use it easily. This class file may contain the loading of the inherited class, and the loading of your style, for example:

\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1995/12/01]
\ProvidesClass{extension-name}[2026/04/06]

\LoadClass[french]{upmethodology-document}
\UseExtension{extension-name}

\endinput

Where:

• extension-name is the name of your style.

3. Installation

3.1. Inside the folder of your document

The most simple way to use the templates is to download the archive and uncompress it in the folder of your document. LaTeX will automatically find the template's files in the folder of your LaTeX document.

3.3. Inside your operating system with Ubuntu packages

Arakhnê.org provides several Ubuntu packages for automatically install the TeX-UPmethodology on the system. To configure the use of the Arakhnê.org Ubuntu repository, you have to follow the information provided on the dedicated page.

The name of the Ubuntu package is tex-upmethodology.

3.2. In the operating system by hand

1. Download the archive of TeX-UPmethodology and uncompress it.
2. Copy the content of the archive inside one of your texmf directory, usually /usr/share/texmf/tex/latex/tex-templates or $HOME/.texmf on Unix operating systems.
3. Update the LaTeX databases from the command line:

sudo mktexlsr
sudo update-updmap --quiet