Linus asked: > What would it take to update MDR to the correct versions of > MOF and XMI?
- Formalization of a MOF 2.x compatible JMI either in the JCP, OMG, or an independent group (perhaps just a set of collaborating projects) - Implementation of MOF 2.x semantics in MDR (it currently implements MOF 1.4). EMOF isn't sufficient since the UML metamodels use CMOF, but it might not be necessary to implement the full CMOF semantics. This would require more investigation. MagicDraw was claimed (by the AndroMDA team) to have started an open source upgrade of MDR for UML 2.x, but have supposedly dropped it because of unacceptable performance. > Is there another open source MOF/CWM tool out there with a > better roadmap for this? Not that I've found. Brian Topping of Dentaku http://dentaku.codehaus.org/ was interested in perhaps doing a rewrite. AMOF2 might be another possible starting point visit: http://www2.informatik.hu-berlin.de/sam/meta-tools/aMOF2.0forJava/index.html http://developer.berlios.de/projects/amof2/ Another possibility would be to give up on the standards-based approach and just use EMF/UML2. They don't currently do Diagram Interchange and each additional MOF2 based model (eg SysML) would require proprietary IBM magic to convert from CMOF to something usable with EMF. There have been discussions on both the JMI and MDR lists about this periodically over the last year without anyone offering any good solutions. The last JMI discussion was May 2006 (see "State of JMI" thread) http://archives.java.sun.com/archives/jmi-interest.html. The most recent substantive MDR discussion was Nov/Dec 2005 http://mdr.netbeans.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=users I try and keep at least one eye open for new developments that would present away forward from our current roadblock, but I'd be more than happy to hear other suggestions. Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
