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CWM11 — We only need one COBOL Data Division model

  • Key: CWM11-93
  • Legacy Issue Number: 4834
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Deere & Company ( Dave Smith)
  • Summary:

    CWM vol. 2 3.1 says
    "The concepts and ideas implicit in the definition of the COBOL language's
    DATA DIVISION were one of the earliest (if not the first) formalizations of
    the ubiquitous record model. A COBOL program contains much more than just
    record descriptions. However, because neither CWM nor UML attempt to
    describe programming languages directly, only the DATA DIVISION is described
    here. The model presented here is compliant to the COBOL 85 language
    standard [COBOL].

    The primary purpose of the COBOL DATA DIVISION metamodel extension package
    in CWM is to allow the structure of DATA DIVISIONs to be captured so that
    their usage of other model elements (such as RecordDefs and Fields) can be
    modeled. This allows definition of files and databases created by COBOL
    programs as well as direct support for tools that attempt to track the
    lineage and determine the impact of proposed changes to COBOL application
    programs. The metamodel does not, however, provide sufficient structure to
    support tools that want to capture the structure of a DATA DIVISION source
    into a CWM repository and then be able to faithfully reproduce the source on
    demand.

    The COBOL DATA DIVISION metamodel extension also serves as an example of
    the use of the CWM Record metamodel. The CWM Record package is intended as a
    foundation upon which many record-oriented programming languages can be
    described. The COBOL Data Division extension package is provided as example
    demonstrating appropriate usage of CWM and UML classes in modeling the data
    structure representation parts of this and similar programming language
    environments."

    UML Profile for EAI 14.1 says
    "The goal of this COBOL model is to capture the information that would be
    found in the Data Division." .

    Both define partial COBOL language meta models with different levels of
    detail. We only need one COBOL Data Division model.

  • Reported: CWM 1.0 — Mon, 18 Feb 2002 05:00 GMT
  • Disposition: Resolved — CWM 1.1
  • Disposition Summary:

    see above

  • Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:58 GMT