Issue 18050: Location: 18.1.3 Semantics Use Cases and Actors P. 686 - Initiating ? Interacting with (uml25-ftf) Source: Soluta.net (Dr. Adriano Comai, acomai(at)soluta.net) Nature: Clarification Severity: Minor Summary: current text: “When a UseCase has an association to an Actor with a multiplicity that is greater than one at the Actor end, it means that more than one Actor instance is involved in initiating the UseCase.” [AC] I would delete the term “initiating”, because it is wrong. Not only [may] a use case may be time-triggered, but the multiplicity may be >1 even if an instance of actor initiates the use case, then another instance is involved. Resolution: Revised Text: Actions taken: September 28, 2012: received issue Discussion: In addition, some actors are not initiators at all. Recommendation: Replace initiating with “interacting with” End of Annotations:===== s is issue # 18050 Problem: 18.012 Severity: Minor Type: Clarification Location: 18.1.3 Semantics Use Cases and Actors P. 686 Title: Initiating ànteracting with Description: current text: .When a UseCase has an association to an Actor with a multiplicity that is greater than one at the Actor end, it means that more than one Actor instance is involved in initiating the UseCase.. [AC] I would delete the term .initiating., because it is wrong. Not only [may] a use case may be time-triggered, but the multiplicity may be >1 even if an instance of actor initiates the use case, then another instance is involved. Source: Adriano Comai Discussion In addition, some actors are not initiators at all. Recommendation: Replace initiating with .interacting with. Michael Jesse Chonoles