Re: [sdd] r2.9.2

[Randy George <randyg@us.ibm.com>]

John,
  This does not include the comments
I made a few days ago.  I guess you didn't agree?

Regards,
Randy George

Senior Technical Staff Member
Provisioning Architecture
Tivoli Software, IBM Software Group
Austin, TX  
(512) 838-0752     T/L 678-0752

"Patton, John H" <John.Patton@ca.com>

03/06/2006 12:03 PM

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Subject	[sdd] r2.9.2

I was assigned the task to reword r2.9.2
so that it read more like a set of requirements rather than a list of examples.
 
original:
2.9.2 The SDD specification must facilitate
introspection, authoring, and consumption by a variety of potential tools
by:
1. employing a design that naturally models
the domain of packaging and deployment
2. using data types as strong as possible
for each set of data without losing important flexibility
3. providing unique identification of elements
where applicable and appropriate
4. eliminating redundant data
5. providing a consistent and minimal set
of types via inheritance and type reuse
6. employing technology-appropriate industry
standards for data types and formats (e.g. regular expressions, XPATH,
etc.)
 
My suggestion, and I'm not sure if all of
this is appropriate for requirements.  I've broken 2.9.2 into sub-requirements:
 
2.9.2:
The SDD specification must facilitate introspection, authoring, and consumption
by a variety of potential tools.
2.9.2.1:
The SDD specification must support employing a design that naturally models
the domain of packaging and deployment.
2.9.2.2:
The SDD specification must support using strong data types.
2.9.2.3:
The SDD specification must support unique identification of elements where
applicable and appropriate.
2.9.2.4:
The SDD specification must support eliminating redundant data.
2.9.2.5:
The SDD specification must provide a consistent and minimal set of types
via inheritance and type reuse.
2.9.2.6:
The SDD specification must support technology-appropriate industry standards
for data types and formats.
 
cheers,
 
/john patton/

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