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Subject: Fwd: Catalogs, Categories and Categorization
Haven't read yet but thought I'd pass it on. Ken Begin forwarded message: > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Amsden [mailto:jamsden@us.ibm.com] > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 4:53 PM > To: Pete.Rivett@adaptive.com; Bran Selic; uml2-rtf@omg.org; > upms@modeldriven.org > Cc: Grant J Larsen; Dr Gili Mendel; Carlos M Ferreira > Subject: Catalogs, Categories and Categorization > > > All, > Attached is the latest version of the Categorization chapter out of > the > SoaML specification. This is really a generic concept that should get > wider > review before being included in the submission. Categorization is a > simple > idea based on capabilities defined in RAS to provide many, orthogonal > ways > of organizing model elements. Catalogs are defined by the Categories > and > sub-Catalogs they contain. Categories may have attributes that can be > used > to provide additional information or characteristics of the Category. > Any > model element can be categorized by a Catalog, Category, or instance > of > a > Category (which can contain values for the attributes). Categorizing a > model > element places it in the Catalog that contains that Category (or > sub-Catalog). A model element can be categorized many ways and > therefore > appear in many catalogs. The document contains a few simple examples. > This > is intended to be consistent, and integrated with RAS. I'm not sure I > got > that integration correct, and it should be reviewed by the RAS > experts. > The > SoaML team would appreciate any feedback you might have. The SoaML > submission must be completed by Nov 10, so any comments before then > would be > most helpful. > > > Jim Amsden > STSM, Solution Architect > jamsden@us.ibm.com > Jim Amsden/Raleigh/IBM > 919-461-3919
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