Fortunately, there's no need to post (parts of) the voluminous UMM - the UN/CEFACT Modeling Methodology (UMM) Release 10, of November 2001, is freely available at the UN/CEFACT TMWG site at http://www.gefeg.com/tmwg/n090r10.htm, the space sponsored by David Frenkel's new hang-out, Gefeg mbH, in beautiful downtown (East) Berlin no longer obstructed by a big ugly Wall.
Frankly, I've always found this kind of stuff - replete with stick figures standing in for "roles" - unreadable.... but if someone here wants to tackle it, feel free to do so! William J. Kammerer Novannet, LLC. +1 (614) 487-0320 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rachel Foerster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 13 February, 2002 02:05 PM Subject: RE: auto-discovery of the "return path" (In the Kepa-DNS model) Chris, Rather than "naming" a DNS model as you suggest below, I would suggest that we adopt the UN/CEFACT Unified Modeling Methodology and develop the appropriate use cases and scenarios in a more rigorous and disciplined manner. Actually, my proposed approach to requirements developed is based on that UMM, which by the way, is based on the Rational Unified Process but adapted for standards development organizations. This is the globally recognized and used methodology for almost all systems design work, and one that is used by all of the major systems developers, such as IBM, Sun, CommerceOne, etc., all of which are active participants in the continuation of the ebXML work under both UN/CEFACT and OASIS. Additionally, major participants also include a large number of X12 members, and of course, the X12 Committee is the official U.S. representative into this effort. If there is sufficient interest, I'll post the introductory chapter of the UN/CEFACT UMM document, which is still in draft form, to this lists document server. This introduction will give everyone a good overview of this approach. Rachel
