Issue 10861: UML Thing 1 (odm-ftf) Source: NIST (Dr. Conrad Bock, conrad.bock(at)nist.gov) Nature: Revision Severity: Critical Summary: UML Thing 1. In 16.2.2 (Class and Property - Basics), second paragraph, starting at "The main difference" overstates the difference. The ODM defines a UML model library that includes Thing, which is not "unusual" or "problematic" in any way. The most that can be fairly said is that UML does not currently standardize its own model library. Resolution: Remove the text about this being problematic in UML. Revised Text: Change last sentence of the 4th paragraph of section 16.2.2 which currently reads "It is of course possible to include a universal class in an M1 model library, but this would be sufficiently unusual to be problematic, whereas the concept is central to OWL." to "It is of course possible to include a universal class in an M1 model library, but the concept is central to OWL." Actions taken: March 30, 2007: received issue January 15, 2008: closed issue Discussion: End of Annotations:===== m: webmaster@omg.org Date: 30 Mar 2007 00:55:00 -0500 To: Subject: Issue/Bug Report -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Conrad Bock Company: NIST mailFrom: conrad.bock@nist.giv Notification: No Specification: Ontology Definition Metamodel Section: Chapter 16 FormalNumber: ptc/06-10-11 Version: RevisionDate: Page: Nature: Revision Severity: Critical HTTP User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax) Description UML Thing 1. In 16.2.2 (Class and Property - Basics), second paragraph, starting at "The main difference" overstates the difference. The ODM defines a UML model library that includes Thing, which is not "unusual" or "problematic" in any way. The most that can be fairly said is that UML does not currently standardize its own model library.