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  1. OMG Issue

UML25 — Impact of merging profiles isn't small

  • Key: UML25-213
  • Legacy Issue Number: 17755
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Oracle ( Dave Hawkins)
  • Summary:

    While the L3 profile only contained 3 stereotypes, that doesn't make this change small and by implication trivial. My expectation was that it should be trivial for tools to migrate 2.4.1 models to 2.5. However if both L2 and L3 profiles are applied to a package, this isn't the case and it isn't clear how any associated data should be merged. I understand the motivation for combining the profiles, but I don't think this should happen in 2.5.

    There is no mention of this migration issue in Annex E, which suggests that merely changing the version numbers is sufficient.

    Proposed Resolution:

    Continue to have separate profiles in 2.5 and consider merging them with full migration information in future UML version.
    Source: dave.hawkins@oracle.com

  • Reported: UML 2.4.1 — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:00 GMT
  • Disposition: Resolved — UML 2.5
  • Disposition Summary:

    The issue correctly notes that Annex E omits a mention of this change. Fix this omission.

  • Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:59 GMT