Issue 18680: Consider possibility of adding Port concept to DI (dd-rtf)
Source: Fraunhofer FOKUS (Mr. Max Bureck, max.bureck(at)fokus.fraunhofer.de)
Nature: Enhancement
Severity: Minor
Summary: Hi, the concept of ports, attached to the outside bounds of an element allowing connections between elements is a widespread concept. Adding this concept would help generic layouting algorithms taking ports into account (such as KIELER) doing a much better job. Since DI defines abstract subclasses, meta models without ports can simply choose to not use the concept.
Resolution: This was received after the DD 1.1 RTF comment deadline of March 31, 2012.
Disposition: Deferred
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Actions taken:
April 22, 2013: received issue
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Name:            Max Bureck
Employer:        Fraunhofer FOKUS
mailFrom:        max.bureck@fokus.fraunhofer.de
Terms_Agreement: I agree
Specification:   Diagram Definition (DD)
Section:         9
FormalNumber:    formal/2012-07-01
Version:         1.0
Doc_Year:        2012
Doc_Month:       July
Doc_Day:         01
Page:            15
Title:           Consider possibility of adding Port concept to DI
Nature:          Enhancement
Severity:        Minor
CODE:            3TMw8
B1:              Report Issue


Description:


Hi, the concept of ports, attached to the outside bounds of an element allowing connections between elements is a widespread concept. Adding this concept would help generic layouting algorithms taking ports into account (such as KIELER) doing a much better job. Since DI defines abstract subclasses, meta models without ports can simply choose to not use the concept.