Re: [soa-rm-ra] willingness in joint action

[Francis McCabe <frankmccabe@mac.com>]

I dont think that dependencies are usually named. What would you  
suggest for the names?
On Jun 24, 2009, at 5:14 PM, Rex Brooks wrote:

> Works better for me. Will the association between Willingness and  
> Actor  and between Ability and Actor be named?
>
> Cheers,
> Rex
>
> At 4:33 PM -0700 6/24/09, Francis McCabe wrote:
>> I have a new diagram...
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>> This focuses on the fact that an actor has ability (or not) and  
>> willingness (or not) and that joint action depend on both.
>> I redrew the named association between joint actions and actions as  
>> a regular aggregation.
>>
>> Frank
>> On Jun 24, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Rex Brooks wrote:
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>>> The dependency of Joint (or any kind of) Action on Willingness is  
>>> not clear in the diagram. That's why I modeled it as a Dependency  
>>> relationship of Willingness-Determination (as the supplier) and  
>>> Joint (or any kind of) Action (as the client) and not an  
>>> Association Class. However, as an Association Class it can be  
>>> applied to the relationship between an actor and any kind of  
>>> action. I like that.
>>>
>>> If there is a way to make the Association Class show dependency,  
>>> I'd be happier.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Rex
>>>
>>>> Sooo, while I agree that willingness is a kind of association  
>>>> class, I am uncomfortable with this diagram:
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>>>> for two reasons: Willingness is a noun and associations are  
>>>> predicates, and there are other important associations that could  
>>>> be drawn here, such as ability, authority, all kinds of stuff.
>>>>
>>>> Thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> Frank
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>>> --
>>> Rex Brooks
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>>> Starbourne Communications Design
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> Rex Brooks
> President, CEO
> Starbourne Communications Design
> GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison
> Berkeley, CA 94702
> Tel: 510-898-0670

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