Issue 1434:  Section 2.2.4: Change grammar for relationship declarations (boca-rtf)
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Summary: Summary: Section 2.2.4 (BOCA Meta-Model in CDL)
 
 identifiable CorbaArgument:TypedNamedElement{
         attribute ParameterDirectionKind kind;
         relationship operation IsPartOf CorbaOperation inverse arguments;
 };
 
 The declaration of the operation relationship illustrates the fact that the CDL grammar for relationship 
 declarations permits multiplicity to be omitted, in which case defaults defined in the meta-model for specific 
 types of relationship are assumed.  This encourages a lack of explicitness contrary to the intention of CDL to 
 provide a readable text rendition of a domain model with the most important semantics clearly visible.
 

Resolution: 
Revised Text: TypedNamedElement{
Actions taken:
June 3, 1998: received issue
Discussion: 

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*ISSUE 6*

Section 2.2.4 (BOCA Meta-Model in CDL)

identifiable CorbaArgument:TypedNamedElement{
        attribute ParameterDirectionKind kind;
        relationship operation IsPartOf CorbaOperation inverse
arguments;
};

The declaration of the operation relationship illustrates the fact
that the CDL grammar for relationship 
declarations permits multiplicity to be omitted, in which case
defaults defined in the meta-model for specific 
types of relationship are assumed.  This encourages a lack of
explicitness contrary to the intention of CDL to 
provide a readable text rendition of a domain model with the most
important semantics clearly visible.

Recommendation: Change the grammar for relationship declarations to
require explicit specification of 
multiplicity.  Furthermore, remove the Many specifier from the
specification, since explicitly stating the 
multiplicity makes this specifier redundant