ISSUE LOGGED: ASSEMBLY-2: Use of UML 2.0

[Scott Vorthmann <scottv@tibco.com>]

http://www.osoa.org/jira/browse/ASSEMBLY-2


On Sep 28, 2007, at 4:27 AM, Martin Chapman wrote:

> TARGET: Assembly spec
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> DESCRIPTION: copied from
> http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/sca-assembly/200709/msg00034.html
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> Martin & Mike,
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> I would like to know why an visual modeling industry standard such  
> as OMG UML 2 was not used (and currently not being used) to
> represent SCA artifacts; specifically, SCA Component and SCA  
> Composite diagrams.  It seems a no-brainer to leverage the UML 2
> component diagram to represent SCA components and UML 2 composite  
> structure diagrams to represent SCA composites.  The current
> diagram formats used in all SCA specs from Open SOA (and now under  
> the auspices of OASIS) seem to use custom diagram semantics to
> represent services, references, and properties when UML 2 provided  
> and required interfaces and the use of ports would suffice just
> fine for both SCA components and composites.
>
> I ask because there is probably some history to this decision and  
> since I did not participate in development of the Open SOA specs,
> I'm curious as to why an industry standard such as UML 2 was not  
> used and if it is worth considering for use in the OASIS version of
> these specs; particularly, since these are architecture-centric  
> artifacts.
>
> Regards...
>
>  - Jeff Estefan, JPL
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> PROPOSAL: None
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