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Call for action: set UML free!
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... and release it to the web. UML is now generally accepted as the standard modelling language in the industry, but its presence on the internet is non existing. UML users are tight to their deskt…

Tagged: webuml, online, web, UML

Started this discussion. Last reply by Vlad VARNICA Jan 18.

What do you think about the SEMAT initiative by Ivar Jacobson and others?
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Last month I had the honour to be among one of the first to hear Ivar speak about his new initiative SEMAT at Devoxx in Antwerp, Belgium. I think it is really a great initiative that will hopefully h…

Tagged: SEMAT, Methodology

Started this discussion. Last reply by Vlad VARNICA Dec. 2, 2009.

(Modelling) Method documentation tool
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At my current client we are in the process of documenting the modelling method. At the moment we have some Word documents scattered around the intranet and some network drives, we have a partial meta…

Tagged: Documentation, Method, Modelling

Started this discussion. Last reply by Vlad VARNICA Dec. 1, 2009.

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Geert Bellekens replied to Vlad VARNICA's discussion 'Is there any value in models donation ?'

Vlad, I agree with you, there is a distinct value in sharing models. As a modelling consultant, me and my colleagues Koen and Christophe have worked at a range of different customers. Although most of these customers worked in different domains we…

February 17

Vlad VARNICA replied to Geert Bellekens's discussion 'Call for action: set UML free!'

I have signed today. My experience related to UML models started with Novosoft in 2001 which was a good metamodel for UML 1.x. Our EclipseUML free edition was using Novosoft from 2002 to 2004/2005 as internal models and EMF as graphical and for gene…

January 18

Christophe VG replied to Geert Bellekens's discussion 'Call for action: set UML free!'

Hello Vlad, you raise a couple of interesting points there. Allow me to put them a bit in context with regard to the webUML initiative and its current goals. Currently the webUML initiative tries to raise awareness and allow people to start discus…

January 18

Vlad VARNICA replied to Geert Bellekens's discussion 'Call for action: set UML free!'

Hi Geert, This is really a nice post !! I see two technical problems in the traditional UML modeling in order to use our models and exchange them with other users. - the idea that the important model is the UML graphical diagram was right 10 years…

January 17

Geert Bellekens replied to Geert Bellekens's discussion 'Call for action: set UML free!'

You are right, thanks I'll get right on it. Geert

January 16

Jorge Ubeda replied to Geert Bellekens's discussion 'Call for action: set UML free!'

Hi Geert the site does not work (as for Firefox, Chrome, and IE8). Nothing for sign, at least...

January 16

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Call for action: set UML free!

January 16

Vlad VARNICA replied to Geert Bellekens's discussion 'What do you think about the SEMAT initiative by Ivar Jacobson and others?'

It seems to me that more and more projects are using iteration between teams (e.g. agile, Scrum, XP development methods) and it works really well !!

December 2, 2009

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December 2, 2009

Vlad VARNICA replied to Geert Bellekens's discussion '(Modelling) Method documentation tool'

The output in different formats is almost impossible to reach because of technical limitations. We have try just to produce a pdf from a xmi and after 18 months have stop the project in 2006. Maybe new technology are now available now but this is a…

December 1, 2009

Geert Bellekens replied to Geert Bellekens's discussion '(Modelling) Method documentation tool'

Vlad, I agree with you completely, the information about an element should be as close to this element as possible. The problem is that the output (e.g. the model) is not sufficient for the different target audiences and the different uses. Sometim…

December 1, 2009

Geert Bellekens replied to Geert Bellekens's discussion '(Modelling) Method documentation tool'

I see where you are going. My goal is indeed to have one repository of information and being able to extract the different formats for documentation I need. So I know what I want, but now I need to know how. Sure, I can create the metamodel, and wr…

December 1, 2009

Vlad VARNICA replied to Geert Bellekens's discussion '(Modelling) Method documentation tool'

There is a debate on the documentation on how it should be displayed. Some would prefer to get word documents, other would prefer PDF, or even Excel etc.... The current problem I see is the time needed time to read the information if few hundred of…

December 1, 2009

Lothar Behrens replied to Geert Bellekens's discussion '(Modelling) Method documentation tool'

Interesting question. I thought about similar issues of documenting my application in general. I am currently using Doxygen for the API and Open Office for the GUI application and how to use it in general. In my view an ideal solution would be an…

December 1, 2009

Geert Bellekens replied to Jorge Ubeda's discussion 'UML and productivity'

I too have my doubts about this study. - They claim that the system under development is non-trivial. I'm sorry, but a system containing 6 packages and 50 classes does not qualify for me as "non-trivial". Just as a comparison, the UML model at my c…

November 28, 2009

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