RE: Now, back to XML...

[Rachel Foerster]

Karen,   I don't think so since the UML is a standard being maintained by the OMG and XML is a Recommendation (standard) developed and maintained by the W3C.   Remember, that XML is actually a "container." Thus, it's conceivable that UML models could be contained within such a container, just like an object could also be contained within it.   There is nothing mutually exclusionary between/among XML and UML.   However, the OMG has developed the XMI standard. As reference, I would point you to http://www.sys-con.com/xml/archives/0103/sri_ravi_don/index.html. I quote from this article:   "The three-legged stool for software development recommended by the Object Management Group (OMG) consists of the Unified Modeling Language (UML), the Meta Object Facility (MOF) and the XML Metadata Interchange (XMI) format."   "In addition to the API, the MOF rules also define the DTD corresponding to the metamodel. Any instance data of a metamodel can be represented by an XML Metadata Interchange (XMI) stream that conforms to the corresponding DTD.   Hope this piques your interest to dig deeper into some of the info at OMG's site,as well as others.   Rachel Is there any formal tie between XML and UML?  Is any such relationship formalized in the XML (or UML) specification?   Any comments welcome.   Thanks, -Karen Raper Little Sys, Inc.   ------ XML/edi Group Discussion List ------ Homepage =http://www.XMLedi-Group.org Unsubscribe =send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leave the subject and body of the message blank Questions/requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To receive only one message per day (digest format) send the following message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], (leave the subject line blank) digest xmledi-group your-email-address To join the XML/edi Group complete the form located at: http://www.xmledi-group.org/xmledigroup/mail1.htm ------ XML/edi Group Discussion List ------ Homepage http://www.XMLedi-Group.org Unsubscribe send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Leave the subject and body of the message blank Questions/requests: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To receive only one message per day (digest format) send the following message to [EMAIL PROTECTED], (leave the subject line blank) digest xmledi-group your-email-address To join the XML/edi Group complete the form located at: http://www.xmledi-group.org/xmledigroup/mail1.htm