Was today’s call canceled?
The music is lovely, but its kinda lonely
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On Behalf Of Rex Brooks
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 9:55 AM
To: Peter F Brown
Cc: Ken Laskey; jeffrey.a.estefan@jpl.nasa.gov; Thornton, Danny R (IS); ellis@deccs.com; soa-rm-ra@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: Re: [soa-rm-ra] revised section 4.3
Haven't had time and health to review thoroughly, but I thought we had agreed that we would make it clear in our discussion of UML as a communication v. modeling tool that our definition of actor is significantly different from that used
for UMLUse-Case diagrams. Hence we should either reiterate that in the text around the blue man diagram or else make it a canonical UML use case, which it resembles just enough to cause confusion, or else use some other diagram, such as as BPMN workflow to
show workflow. However, without a previous use of and explanation of that kind of diagram, that would actually be worse. So I would use Visio and make it a purely informational diagram without any reference to UML, nor any possiblity of confusion over the
use of "Actor." If I can find the time, I will actually do that so that it is clear what I mean. Of course, that's not possible in the 35 minutes left before the meeting.
Cheers,
Rex
On 1/16/12 6:59 PM, Peter F Brown wrote:
Hi,
OK, here is the Gold Copy returned, with filename incremented.
The main changes compared with Ken’s send out of a few hours earlier are:
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Section 3.1.1 – clarification of term “Actor” to make it compatible with the UML construct of the same name (useful for our purposes and for the modelling that follows);
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Update of fig 5, to include Activity;
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Section 3.1.2.1 – moved fig 6 below role definitions: fits better with text that follows regarding needs, requirements, capability, etc that also appear in the use case of fig 6;
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Section 3.2.3 – introduce ‘Activity’ (using RM-ODP definition) and new (informal) diagram and clarification of our use of ‘Action’ and ‘Activity’ (normative reference to RM-ODP has also been added to section 1.6.1)
Cheers,
Peter
Peter F Brown
Independent Consultant
www.peterfbrown.com
P.O. Box 49719, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USA
Tel: +1.310.694.2278
I’ve incorporated all adjudicated changes to section 4.3 and attempted to capture consensus in some original material appearing in section 4.3.4 to the end. I am hoping for a continuation of the agreeability over
the past few days and everyone will be happy with the changes; at the least, I am hoping for an acceptable balance among everyone’s remaining unhappiness.
Take a look and start the discussion. I’d like nothing better than to have this resolved before Wednesday’s call.
Ken
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