No comments or opinions about this?
2010/11/4 David Moner <damoca at upv.es> > While working with archetypes for different reference models we have faced > a problem regarding the uppercase/lowercase rules for naming archetype nodes > at ADL. > > The ADL specifications imposes the following rule: "A type name is any > identifier with an initial upper case letter, followed by any combination of > letters, digits and underscores. A generic type name (including nested > forms) additionally may include commas and angle brackets, but no spaces, > and must be syntactically correct as per the UML. An attribute name is any > identifier with an initial lower case letter, followed by any combination of > letters, digits and underscores. Any convention that obeys this rule is > allowed" (ADL 1.5 draft, page 26). > > However, at the UML specifications I have only found the following style > guidelines: "Capitalize the first letter of class names (if the character > set supports uppercase)" and "Begin attribute and operation names with a > lowercase letter". But I understand these as style recommendations and not > as a mandatory specification since they are accompanied with others such as: > "Center class name in boldface" and "Put the class name in italics if the > class is abstract". > > In any case, as we all know, object-oriented programming is not just UML. > We can use other modeling tools or programming languages that do not impose > the uppercase/lowercase rule. And moreover, at the AOM specifications I > cannot find any reference about the fact that the rm_type_name String should > begin with uppercase or the rm_attribute_name String with lowercase. > > For example, all the attributes of the CDISC ODM standard are defined > starting with an uppercase. > > So, from a generic perspective of the dual modeling process, I think that > archetypes (or more specifically, ADL) should not impose rules in this > aspect. What's your opinion? > > David > > -- > David Moner Cano > Grupo de Inform?tica Biom?dica - IBIME > Instituto ITACA > http://www.ibime.upv.es > > Universidad Polit?cnica de Valencia (UPV) > Camino de Vera, s/n, Edificio G-8, Acceso B, 3? planta > Valencia ? 46022 (Espa?a) > -- David Moner Cano Grupo de Inform?tica Biom?dica - IBIME Instituto ITACA http://www.ibime.upv.es Universidad Polit?cnica de Valencia (UPV) Camino de Vera, s/n, Edificio G-8, Acceso B, 3? planta Valencia ? 46022 (Espa?a) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openehr.org/mailman/private/openehr-technical_lists.openehr.org/attachments/20101111/e8230463/attachment.html>
