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Subject: RE: PM and CM (Re: [xtm-wg] Simplified requirements)
I certainly second Nikita's proposal. In the early days of my work in standards, I was mostly just interested in gettting the syntax os SGML settled so I could write a DTD and get to creating documents. Now I realize we ought to have had some models (besides the production grammar we used to write the standard) to give us some direction. I now think that TMs are pretty simple, but I kept reading the early drafts of 13250 and being utterly confused. The developers of 13250, like the developers of 8879 before them, were worried about getting their unruly beast tied down before it wriggled away. I think having some models in front of me might have helped me reach the Aha! point a lot sooner. Jim Mason > -----Original Message----- > From: Nikita Ogievetsky [SMTP:nogievet@cogx.com] > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 02:30 p.m. > To: xtm-wg@yahoogroups.com > Subject: PM and CM (Re: [xtm-wg] Simplified requirements) > > Sam Hunting wrote: > > Here is a list of requirements for the PM that I believe meets Lars > > desires, and is also readable by all XTMers (implementors, designers, > > users) > > > > 1. The PM shall be formal and concise. > > 2. The PM should be prepared quickly. > > 3. The PM shall support a wide variety of applications. > > 4. The implementor shall find it easy to write programs that > > conform to the PM. > > 5. The number of optional features in the PM should be kept > > to the absolute minimum, ideally zero. > > 6. PM documentation should be clear. > > 7. The design of the PM shall consider interoperabilty of XTM > > documents > > of paramount importance. > > I would definitely add the following > to the requirements: > > 8. A clear Mapping of PM to the Conceptual Model should be provided. > > CM does for humans what PM is supposed to do for machines. > If they do not map, we are in trouble. > > > Nikita > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Nikita Ogievetsky Cogitech Inc > XML/XSLT/XLink/TopicMaps Consultant > nogievet@cogx.com -- (917) 406-8734 > http://www.cogx.com Cogito Ergo XML > > > To Post a message, send it to: xtm-wg@eGroups.com > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: xtm-wg-unsubscribe@eGroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~> Secure your servers with 128-bit SSL encryption! Grab your copy of VeriSign's FREE Guide, "Securing Your Web site for Business." Get it now! http://us.click.yahoo.com/4cW4jC/e.WCAA/bT0EAA/2n6YlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> To Post a message, send it to: xtm-wg@eGroups.com To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: xtm-wg-unsubscribe@eGroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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