[Uml-devel] Future features

Sebastian Stein s5228 at informatik.htw-dresden.de
Tue Oct 15 10:08:05 UTC 2002


tomas.walch at se.transport.bombardier.com
<tomas.walch at se.transport.bombardier.com> [021015 17:44]:
> >From Steinchen:
> >The project should be stored in a database and not in some ordinary files. I
> >allready thought a little bit about it, but I realized, that at the moment
> >(in the next 6 month) I don't have the time to start anything on it.
> 
> This would be a mistake. Files go in and out of CM tools but how do you put a
> database into CVS? I think it is important that you can use the same CM tool
> throughout the lifespan of a project. I realize the benefits of using a
> database, but think that's a question for a CM tool.

Good point I also thought about the versioning problem. I used the tool Case
4.0 for about one year and it was really great. But I had allways to do
backups of the project file to save versions.

On the other hand I see some problems with a project splitted into different
files.
You allways have to lock a whole diagram if someone is editing. With a
database it might be enough to just lock the objects currently edited.
Anyway. How does for example Rational solve this problem? I know about Aris
(tool for BPR) is using a database.
I think argouml also has database support. But I don't like to install it
because I would have to downgrade my Java setup to 1.2.

Steinchen
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