Issue 18836: Annex D has a number of issues and should be removed (odm-rtf) Source: Thematix Partners LLC (Mrs. Elisa F. Kendall, ekendall(at)thematix.com) Nature: Revision Severity: Significant Summary: Annex D, "Extending the ODM", describes methods for extending the metamodels defined in the specification. The metamodels themselves represent the abstract syntax of the languages they support, and rather than extending them, specification users tend to develop ontologies that use them. The RTF cannot identify a single user for this informative annex, which we believe is no longer relevant. We have no evidence that anyone has ever used this section of the specification over the last 6 years, and believe that we should not be advocating its approach. The annex should be removed from the specification. Resolution: Delete Annex D, "Extending the ODM" from the specification. Revised Text: Actions taken: July 26, 2013: received issue April 25, 2014: closed issue Discussion: The RTF cannot identify a single user for this informative annex, which we believe is no longer relevant. We have no evidence that anyone has ever used this section of the specification over the last 6 years, and believe that we should not be advocating its approach. The annex should be removed from the specification. End of Annotations:===== m: webmaster@omg.org Date: 26 Jul 2013 12:24:45 -0400 To: Subject: Issue/Bug Report ******************************************************************************* Name: Elisa Kendall Employer: Thematix Partners LLC mailFrom: ekendall@thematix.com Terms_Agreement: I agree Specification: Ontology Definition Metamodel (ODM) Section: Annex D FormalNumber: formal/2009-05-01 Version: 1.0 Doc_Year: 2009 Doc_Month: May Doc_Day: Day Page: 309-312 Title: Annex D has a number of issues and should be removed Nature: Revision Severity: Significant CODE: 3TMw8 B1: Report Issue Remote Name: 99-113-35-12.lightspeed.sntcca.sbcglobal.net Remote User: HTTP User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; Trident/6.0) Time: 12:24 PM Description: Annex D, "Extending the ODM", describes methods for extending the metamodels defined in the specification. The metamodels themselves represent the abstract syntax of the languages they support, and rather than extending them, specification users tend to develop ontologies that use them. The RTF cannot identify a single user for this informative annex, which we believe is no longer relevant. We have no evidence that anyone has ever used this section of the specification over the last 6 years, and believe that we should not be advocating its approach. The annex should be removed from the specification.