Issue 14945: UML: Support for maintaining what-if models in repository without massive duplication (uml2-rtf)
Source: Change Vision (Mr. Michael Jesse Chonoles, mjchonoles(at)yahoo.com)
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Summary: Support for maintaining what-if models in repository without massive duplication

 

UML and descendant modeling languages should be able to support multiple solutions within a model without excessive duplication. This could be because of planned system evolution or because we need to compare multiple approaches. One solution might be to support standardized named effectivity/expiration fields for each model element (including dependencies). All diagrams, queries, reports, etc., could be conditioned by a selected date. Instead of dates, a set of version numbers could apply to each model element, with the model filtering work in same way. 


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January 11, 2010: received issue
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Subject: UML: Support for maintaining what-if models in repository without massive duplication
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Support for maintaining what-if models in repository without massive duplication

 

UML and descendant modeling languages should be able to support multiple solutions within a model without excessive duplication. This could be because of planned system evolution or because we need to compare multiple approaches. One solution might be to support standardized named effectivity/expiration fields for each model element (including dependencies). All diagrams, queries, reports, etc., could be conditioned by a selected date. Instead of dates, a set of version numbers could apply to each model element, with the model filtering work in same way. 

 

Michael Jesse Chonoles

LMCO/ OMG SE-DSIG