Re: Storage of UML models

[Farrukh Najmi <Farrukh.Najmi@east.sun.com>]

I made a mistake to read "translation to XML" as translation to XMI. It is up to BP
and Antoine to recommend what XML form(s)
we would represent UML models in and how that is done.

Farrukh Najmi wrote:

> I agree with Terry's assessment that:
>
> "Translation to XML is a service implemented on top of a repository
> and is NOT, repeat NOT, a fundamental function of a repository or
> a registry.".
>
> In fact IMHO, translation from UML to XMI is very likely to be done by
> off-the-shelf tools
> (e.g.  Together, Rose and IBM's  XMI toolkit etc.)
>
> When reading the draft Registry Services v0.4 spec keep in mind that it is still
>
> in early stages of definition and still evolving. Comments from a BP perspective
> would be
> very useful in this formative stage.
>
> --
>
> Regards,
> Farrukh
>
> "Allen, Terry" wrote:
>
> > It's not really an open issue; of course UML models can be stored
> > in a repository, and the draft regrep spec assumed so last time I
> > looked.  That means
> > that the registry needs an appropriate classification scheme for
> > format (DTD, schema, UML).
> >
> > Translation to XML is a service implemented on top of a repository
> > and is NOT, repeat NOT, a fundamental function of a repository or
> > a registry.
> >
> > regards, Terry Allen
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Mark Hale [mailto:mark.hale@ajubasolutions.com]
> > Sent: Monday, September 11, 2000 3:42 PM
> > To: ebXML-BP@lists.ebxml.org
> > Subject: Storage of UML models
> >
> > Has there been any more discussion concerning the storage of UML models in
> > the repository?  The last discussion I have had with members of the BP group
> > was a translation to XML using XMI.  We are looking in the POC group to see
> > which portions we can implement for a small demo for Tokyo.
> >
> >         Thanks,
> >
> >         Mark
> >
> > ________________________________________________________________________
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