Ed Knutson wrote:
>
> On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, Kevin A. Burton wrote:
> > Ed Knutson wrote:
> > >
> > > Is there an easy way to generate a plain text file from the uml that contains
> > > the content of the dog-eared boxes in a simple list form?
> > >
> > > I think this would fit well between Development and FAQ and might be called
> > > Glossary.
> >
> > There is an "Index" on code generated through Javadoc 2
>
> To a project novice, this is too much info (.7M of text). Plus, it's different
> info (at least, it is now). The stuff in the dog-eared boxes in the PNG briefly
> describe what each major component does. I think that for printing purposes
> alone, it would be a good idea to have this info only in a plain text format.
>
> The uml is a great primer if you know the basics. I'm suggesting a primer to
> the primer----I could type it in myself; I'm just wondering if the UML tool you
> are using can do it or if it is something we could cook up a quick XSLT sheet
> for.
I agree. I think that this is a hole in the UML spec. They should
define a persistence format in something like XML and the RDF on top for
meta data. The implementation would be responsible for rendering the
data into a graph. SVG and SMIL would be awesome here.
Kevin
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