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Re: Proposal to close ISSUE-82: UML diagrams

From: Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:54:59 -0400
Cc: "Peter F. Patel-Schneider" <pfps@research.bell-labs.com>, public-owl-wg@w3.org
Message-Id: <AFAD5DA9-083F-4E2D-B4E7-563BD8973649@gmail.com>
To: "Elisa F. Kendall" <ekendall@sandsoft.com> 


On Apr 16, 2008, at 2:51 PM, Elisa F. Kendall wrote:
> I am also willing to assist in educating folks in the working group  
> about the purpose of a metamodel, and why it is ideally suited to  
> the purposes specified in the FS&SS.  Leaving it as is will only  
> create confusion among UML savvy folks who are looking to this  
> working group for leadership.

Speaking as someone who is not UML savvy, I can say that they also  
create confusion if you don't use UML. Frankly, unless there is  
compelling evidence that these are useful to segment of our users, I  
would consider dropping them altogether.

-Alan
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