Issue 18272: Semantics of Namespaces (uml25-ftf) Source: Ivar Jacobson International AB (Mr. Ed Seidewitz, eseidewitz(at)ivarjacobson.com) Nature: Uncategorized Issue Severity: Summary: Specification: OMG Unified Modeling Language (OMG UML), Version 2.5 FTF – Beta 1 (ptc/2012-10-24) Subclause: 7.4.3 The semantics of Namespaces in 7.4.3 needs to be better specified. In particular: - The concepts of “enclosing Namespace”, “hidden members” and “accessibility/availability of names” need to be clearly defined. - The handling of name clashes , visibility and distinguishability needs to be better specified. - The use of partially qualified vs. fully qualified names needs to be addressed. Resolution: Revised Text: Actions taken: November 20, 2012: received issue Discussion: End of Annotations:===== m: Ed Seidewitz To: "issues@omg.org" Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:39:05 -0500 Subject: Semantics of Namespaces Thread-Topic: Semantics of Namespaces Thread-Index: Ac3HZ2cr8jjHkSYVSZOF3P8hUWJByQ== Accept-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US X-Mailprotector-Decision: deliver X-Mailprotector-Connection: TLSv1|[10.1.50.226]|10.1.50.226|outbound.mailprotector.net|0.0|0.0|0|||0|0|0|0 X-Mailprotector-Results: null_ptr clean X-Mailprotector-Score: 40 X-Mailprotector-IP-Analysis: 0, 10.1.50.226, Ugly c=0.748271 p=-0.990169 Source White X-Mailprotector-Scan-Diagnostics: 0-0-0-9090-c X-Mailprotector-ID: 60c96bbb-1dee-4a49-947a-19a0156704e9 Specification: OMG Unified Modeling Language (OMG UML), Version 2.5 FTF . Beta 1 (ptc/2012-10-24) Subclause: 7.4.3 The semantics of Namespaces in 7.4.3 needs to be better specified. In particular: - The concepts of .enclosing Namespace., .hidden members. and .accessibility/availability of names. need to be clearly defined. - The handling of name clashes , visibility and distinguishability needs to be better specified. - The use of partially qualified vs. fully qualified names needs to be addressed.