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  1. OMG Issue

UML25 — Always non-negative

  • Key: UML25-279
  • Legacy Issue Number: 17839
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Change Vision ( Michael Chonoles)
  • Summary:

    Duration is always non-negative value, so re-write text
    “A Duration is a non-negative value, often an integer expression ….

  • Reported: UML 2.4.1 — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 04:00 GMT
  • Disposition: Resolved — UML 2.5
  • Disposition Summary:

    Subclause 8.4.4 is on notation, so a statement on what whether a Duration is, in general, non-negative is not really
    appropriate there. Indeed, under 8.4.3 Semantics, it says that “UML does not define any specific type or units” that
    a Duration value may have, so whether a Duration is “non-negative” is not actually generally meaningful. The text
    in 8.4.4 is simply saying that a Duration is, notationally, “often a non-negative integer expression”, and, in this case,
    “non-negative” is meaningful, since it specifically modifies the phrase “integer expression”.
    Disposition: Closed - No Change

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