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  1. OMG Issue

KERML — Time and space life/slice/portion modeling patterns are missing

  • Key: KERML-306
  • Status: open  
  • Source: NIST ( Mr. Conrad Bock)
  • Summary:

    Clause 7.3.4.2 (Feature Declaration) and 8.3.3.3.3 (Feature) say

    Portion features are composite features where the values cannot exist without the whole, because they are the “same thing” as the whole. (For example, the portion of a person's life when they are a child cannot be added or removed from that person's life.)

    isPortion : Boolean
    Whether the values of this Feature are contained in the space and time of instances of the domain of the Feature and represent the same thing as those instances.

    and Clause 9.2.4.1 (Occurrences Overview) includes an extended description of time and space modeling in occurrences. But the specification does not explain how to model things (objects and performances) at specific times or places, versus over time or space. For example, cars are driven by one person at a time, but potentially many people over time. How should these multiplicities be specified? See other examples in comments on KERML-204.

  • Reported: KerML 1.0b1 — Mon, 1 Jan 2024 16:02 GMT
  • Updated: Tue, 9 Apr 2024 23:30 GMT