Re: XMI reality check

[Jim Clark <jdc-icot@lcc.net>]

I FULLY concur with Mr Bannon and vote for that format.

Jim Clark
e2open
936.264.3366

Race Bannon wrote:

> My vote:  RDF is the better format.
>
> Race Bannon, Ph.D.
> Director of Training and Documentation
> Information Architects
> 4064 Colony Road
> Charlotte, NC  28211
> Ph: 704/367-2105
> Fx: 704/442-0693
> Toll Free:  877/INFOARC x. 2105
> iA:  http://www.ia.com
> iA Education:  http://www.ia.com/ia/training/index.htm
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Haugen [mailto:linkage@interaccess.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 8:46 AM
> To: 'ebXML-BP@llists.ebxml.org'; 'ebXML-CCBP-Analysis (E-mail)'
> Subject: XMI reality check
>
> One of the issues for the Business Process Editor has been
> what format to use to store business process models for
> interoperability with UML tools.  I am also encountering
> this same issue in other projects.
>
> XMI seems to be the "standard", but I have also heard
> lots of complaints.
>
> This is a general call for feedback on XMI, from people
> who have tried it:
> * What UML tools have you tried XMI with?
> * Have you tried to take the same XMI model and
>   move it from one tool to another?
> * What problems did you encounter?
> * Were XMI models imported into a UML tool
>    really ugly, even if they might have worked
>    technically?
> * Any other XMI comments...
> * What's a better format, if any?  (RDF?)
>
> Thanks a million,
> Bob Haugen
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word
> "unsubscribe" in the body to: ebxml-bp-request@lists.ebxml.org
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word
> "unsubscribe" in the body to: ebxml-bp-request@lists.ebxml.org
begin:vcard 
n:Clark;James
tel;cell:936.524.4424
tel;work:936.264.3366
x-mozilla-html:FALSE
org:I.C.O.T.
adr:;;10987 Quinlan N Lake;Conroe;TX;77303;
version:2.1
email;internet:jdc-icot@lcc.net
title:Principal Consultant
fn:James Clark
end:vcard