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  • Acronym: UTP2
  • Issues Count: 2
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Group abstract syntax diagram in separate sub-section for better changeability of the spec

  • Key: UMLTP23-23
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Fraunhofer FOKUS ( Mr. Marc-Florian Wendland)
  • Summary:

    In the current spec, the abstract syntax diagrams reside in dedictated sub-sections directly underneath the conceptual context section (e.g., 8.7.2. Test Logging) they belong to. Stereotype definitions of ths conceptual context are grouped in a dedicated sub-section 'stereotype definitions'.

    In UTP 2.1 RTF turned out that this structure does not support maintainability and modifiability of the spec. Everytime an additional diagram is added to the conceptual context section (maybe due to enhacements, clean-ups, better seperation and illustration of complex diagrams), the entire stereotype definitions need to be renumbered, because the respective diagram sub-sections and the 'stereotype specification' sub-section reside on the same level.

    If the abstract syntax diagrams would be sub-sections of a section called 'Abstract Syntax', there would be no need to renumber stereotypes.

    Therefore, I propose to make the spec more maintainable and stable by incoporating the following structure for every concepual context section in the spec.

    8.7. Test Evaluation
    8.7.1 ArbitrationSpecifications
    8.7.2 Test Logging
    8.7.2.1 Abstract Syntax
    8.7.2.2 Stereotype Specfications

  • Reported: UTP2 1.0b1 — Fri, 10 May 2019 10:15 GMT
  • Updated: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:54 GMT

Harmonize illustration of property modifiers in the spec

  • Key: UMLTP23-22
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Fraunhofer FOKUS ( Mr. Marc-Florian Wendland)
  • Summary:

    The current document generation process used to produce the UTP 2 specs is limited with respect to the illustration of property/association end modifiers (i.e., unique, ordered, redefines, subsets, read-only, union). According to UML, those modifiers shall be illustrated after der name and type and multiplicity of a property. The following grammar rule (taken from UML 2.5, Clause 9.54) specifies the textual notation of properties:
    <property> ::= [<visibility>] [‘/’] <name> [‘:’ <prop-type>] [‘[‘ <multiplicity-range> ‘]’] [‘=’ <default>] [‘

    {‘<prop-modifier > [‘,’ <prop-modifier >]* ’}

    ’]

    In the UTP 2 document generation framework the illutration of modifiers was circumvented in a way that is is close to, but different to the notation prescribed by UML. Although, the aligned notation of UTP 2 is okay from a readers point of view, it appears that the modifiers have not been consistenly illustrated. See two examples from the spec:

    In section 8.3.2.7.17 TestDesignDirective , TestDesignDirective modifies are displayed before the name of the propery:

    {read-only, union} subDirective : TestDesignDirective [*]

    In section 8.4.2.5 TestConfigurationRole, modifiers are displayed after the name of the property:
    /roleConfiguration {read-only, union}

    : RoleConfiguration [*]

    Even though both ways are still good enough to comprehend, from an editorial point of view, one way should be preferred to other.

  • Reported: UTP2 1.0b1 — Fri, 10 May 2019 10:31 GMT
  • Updated: Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:53 GMT