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

[Francis McCabe <frankmccabe@mac.com>]

Oh. Yes, "has"
F. :)
On Jun 24, 2009, at 6:56 PM, Rex Brooks wrote:

> 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...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:Joint Actions 4.png  
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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:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:Joint Actions 3.png  
>>>>>> (PNGf/«IC») (01788EEC)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 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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>
> --
> Rex Brooks
> President, CEO
> Starbourne Communications Design
> GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison
> Berkeley, CA 94702
> Tel: 510-898-0670
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