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

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

I wasn't referring to the dependences, but to the 
solid line connector associations.

Cheers,
Rex

At 5:29 PM -0700 6/24/09, Francis McCabe wrote:
>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:
>>>
>>>>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
>>>>President, CEO
>>>>Starbourne Communications Design
>>>>GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison
>>>>Berkeley, CA 94702
>>>>Tel: 510-898-0670
>>>
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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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Starbourne Communications Design
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Berkeley, CA 94702
Tel: 510-898-0670