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

[James Odell <email@jamesodell.com>]

Dependencies typically have names.  A choice of names are pre-specified by
UML (e.g., <<instantiate>>, <<realization>>).  However, you may extend this
set of names, but they will not be understood by conventional UML tools.

-Jim


On 6/24/09 8:29 PM, "Francis McCabe" indited:

> 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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