Issue 7782: Move Comment into Basic and add Kind (uml2-rtf)
Source: Adaptive (Mr. Pete Rivett, pete.rivett(at)adaptive.com)
Nature: Uncategorized Issue
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Summary: Move Comment into Basic and add Kind
The ability to annotate and describe elements and diagrams is pretty
fundamental so should be included in Basic.
There should also be the recognition that there are different kinds of
comment: for example most tools have a dialog allowing people to enter a
Description for an Element; and separately may allow the element to be
annotated on diagrams in a particular context. At the moment there is no
way to distinguish these.
The UML Metamodel itself is an example of the need for different kinds
of Comment: each Class has a number of distinct sections (e.g.
Description, Semantics, Notation).
Hence there should be a 'kind' attribute on Comment to reflect this.

Resolution: Disposition: Closed, no change
Revised Text: Resolved in the FTF.

Actions taken:
September 24, 2004: received issue
February 18, 2005: moved from infrastructure
August 23, 2006: closed issue
Discussion: 
Resolution
Changes to Infrastructure:

Remove the class Comment and the association Element::ownedComment from Figure 71 and add to Figure 65

Move Section 11.1.1 Comment to 10.1.1 and renumber the following sections in sections 11.1 and 10.1

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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 19:16:59 -0400 
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Move Comment into Basic and add Kind
The ability to annotate and describe elements and diagrams is pretty
fundamental so should be included in Basic.
There should also be the recognition that there are different kinds of
comment: for example most tools have a dialog allowing people to enter a
Description for an Element; and separately may allow the element to be
annotated on diagrams in a particular context. At the moment there is no
way to distinguish these.
The UML Metamodel itself is an example of the need for different kinds
of Comment: each Class has a number of distinct sections (e.g.
Description, Semantics, Notation).
Hence there should be a 'kind' attribute on Comment to reflect this.


Pete Rivett (mailto:pete.rivett@adaptive.com)
Chief Scientist, Adaptive Inc.
Dean Park House, 8-10 Dean Park Crescent, Bournemouth, BH1 1HL, UK
Tel:  +44 (0)1202 449419 Fax: +44 (0)1202 449448
http://www.adaptive.com