Issue 8083: Section: 7.3.3 (uml2-rtf)
Source:  (, )
Nature: Clarification
Severity: Minor
Summary: Second sentence in second paragraph under description is somewhat confusing. "The constraint does not necessilarily apply to the namespace itself, but may also apply to the elements in the namespace." The use of the word "also" bothers me. Do you mean "instead" rather than also. Wouldn't it make more sense, in the context of the first part of the sentence, that the constraint could instead apply to the elements in the namespace rather than the namespace. If you mean that a constraint could apply to both or the namespace or the element in the namespace then the statement needs to be reworded
Resolution: The text does need to be reworded to eliminate such confusion.
Revised Text: Superstructure (ptc/04-10-02):
On page 102 (section 7.3.34) replace the sentence:
The constraint does not necessarily apply to the namespace itself, but may also apply to elements
in the namespace.
with the sentence:
A constraint associated with a namespace may either apply to the namespace itself, or it may apply
to elements in the namespace.
Infrastructure (ptc/04-11-16):
On page 54 (section 9.5.2) replace the sentence:
The constraint does not necessarily apply to the namespace itself, but may also apply to elements
in the namespace.
with the sentence:   A constraint associated with a namespace may either apply to the namespace itself, or it may apply
to elements in the namespace.
Actions taken:
January 12, 2005: received issue
August 23, 2006: closed issue
Discussion: 

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Name: Jane Messenger
Company: U. S. Geological Survey
mailFrom: jmessenger@usgs.gov
Notification: Yes
Specification: Superstructure
Section: 7.3.3
FormalNumber: ptc/03-08-02
Version: 2.0
RevisionDate: 08/01/2003
Page: 35
Nature: Clarification
Severity: Minor
HTTP User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0; Q312461)
Description
Second sentence in second paragraph under description is somewhat confusing. "The constraint does not necessilarily apply to the namespace itself, but may also apply to the elements in the namespace." The use of the word "also" bothers me. Do you mean "instead" rather than also. Wouldn't it make more sense, in the context of the first part of the sentence, that the constraint could instead apply to the elements in the namespace rather than the namespace. If you mean that a constraint could apply to both or the namespace or the element in the namespace then the statement needs to be reworded.