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UMLR — UML 2.5 refers to EBNF, but the spec uses a variant BNF, not EBNF

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  • Key: UMLR-655
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Change Vision ( Michael Chonoles)
  • Summary:

    In 8.2.4 Notation, the 6th bullet (page 70), we have:

    This notation is specified by the following EBNF rules:

    However, in 6.4 How to Read this Specification, last paragraph of page 16, we have

    For textual notations a variant of the Backus-Naur Form (BNF) is often used to specify the legal formats. The conventions of this BNF are:

    Everywhere else in the spec the notation is called BNF.

    Please fix this by deleting the "E" in EBNF on p 70.
  • Reported: UML 2.5 — Thu, 4 Feb 2016 06:37 GMT
  • Updated: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 06:37 GMT