Re: [xtm-wg] UML-readers and DTD-readers

[Sam Hunting <sam_hunting@yahoo.com>]

>  > Please folks don't underestimate the number of potential
>  > implementers and users who do read UML, and may well find 
>  > it a lot easier to read than the DTD. I'd like the spec to
>  > reach both kinds of people & speak clearly to them.
> 
> As an "outsider" who is a potential user/implementer of
> XTM, I would like to point out that I have found the UML
> diagrams invaluable (even with the current minimal prose)
> when explaining XTM to my colleagues, most of whom are 
> uncomfortable with DTDs. In this part of the world at 
> least, the number of people who grok UML is far greater
> than the number of DTD-savvy folk.

No one is arguing, so far as I know, that UML diagrams should not be in
the spec. In Dallas, the AG voted unanimously to place the UML diagrams
in an Annex, and I'm a little unclear on why that discussion is being
re-opened now.

And clearly, whatever other purpose they may serve, the UML diagrams
are good solely considered as persuasive artefacts.

S.






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