Re: [wsdm] Editorial comments

[Jishnu Mukerji <jishnu@hp.com>]

+1

Jishnu Mukerji

Mike Clements wrote:
> It's easy for us to underestimate the value of the UML models since we 
> already understand the spec. I find UML more intuitive and easier to 
> read than XML.
>  
> It was only a few months ago when I was reading these specs for the 
> first time. When I was doing that the 2 things that helped me the most 
> in understanding it were the written text and the UML. The XML is an 
> essential normative part of the spec, but it is virtually useless in 
> gaining understanding. XML is intuitively readable only to robots and 
> vulcans.
>  
> Pictures are useful. If UML is too detailed and expensive to keep up to 
> date, let's replace it with some kind of non-normative block diagram. 
> That way we get the intuitive advantages of pictures without the hassles 
> of maintaining detailed and redundant UML.
>  
> Just my $0.02.
>  
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Sedukhin, Igor S [mailto:Igor.Sedukhin@ca.com]
> *Sent:* Monday, October 11, 2004 1:13 PM
> *To:* wsdm@lists.oasis-open.org
> *Subject:* [wsdm] Editorial comments
> 
>     I suggest that we remove all UML models which define the
>     capabilities throughout MUWS and MOWS specs because
>             1) it is hard to keep XML and UML syncronized
>             2) the information in UML is redundant to the normative
>     definitions of the XML
>             3) the value of these models is not incredibly useful for
>     understanding the specs
>             4) it makes sense to focus on XML information definitions
>     and exchanges which is what gives us interoperability
> 
>     --* **Igor Sedukhin* .. (igor.sedukhin@ca.com)
>     --* (631) 342-4325* .. 1 CA Plaza, Islandia, NY 11788
> 

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