Re: [vhdl-200x] Question on provision of UML tool with P1076c

Apologies on the Linux UML.  StarUML is for Windows only, but
  http://uml.sourceforge.net/  *Umbrello UML Modeller  *is very similar, and
runs on Linux.
I have both of them installed in my system.
Ben
On 5/11/07, ben cohen <hdlcohen@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I don't know if this will work for you, but the following is free and
> works on Linux and Windows.
> http://staruml.sourceforge.net/en/
> *StarUML - The Open Source UML/MDA Platform *
> <https://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=152825> StarUML
> is an open source project to develop fast, flexible, extensible, featureful,
> and freely-available UML/MDA platform running on Win32 platform. The goal of
> the StarUML project is to build a software modeling tool and also platform
> that is a compelling replacement of commercial UML tools such as Rational
> Rose, Together and so on.
> For a screenshot : https://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=152825
>
>
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> http://www.systemverilog.us/ ben_ f rom _systemverilog.us
>
> * VHDL Answers to Frequently Asked Questions, 2nd Edition ISBN 0-7923-8115
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>
> On 5/9/07, Peter Ashenden <peter@ashenden.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > Daniel,
> >
> > The MagicDraw Reader is available free of charge from the vendor's
> > website
> > (www.magicdraw.com). The Reader (as its name implies) just opens the UML
> > model read-only, but it allows you to navigate and search quite nicely.
> > The
> > vendor also provides a free Community edition that lets you edit the
> > class
> > diagrams. Beyond that, you can pay for verious personal and enterprise
> > editions with more functionality for other UML diagrams. However, given
> > that
> > we only include class diagrams in the VHPI information model, the
> > Community
> > edition is probably sufficient for 99% of what people would want to do.
> >
> > The information model is provided in the standard in XMI format. XMI is
> > a
> > standard XML representation of the model's structure, and should be
> > readable
> > with other UML tools. The problem is that XMI does not specify
> > representation of the graphical layout of the class diagrams. That's
> > handled
> > as a vendor-specific extension, and so is not likely to be readable by
> > other
> > tools. When we developed the information model, there was no standard
> > for
> > the graphical representation. So having a freely available reader,
> > together
> > with facility to generate a web-browsable representation of the
> > graphics,
> > was a stong motivation behind choosing MagicDraw.
> >
> > I think your suggestion to archive the current distributions of the
> > tools as
> > an insurance policy makes good sense. We might suggest to the IEEE that
> > they
> > do so, even if they don't currently make the distributions available for
> > download. I'll see if they are interested in doing that.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > PA
> >
> > --
> > Dr. Peter J. Ashenden         peter@ashenden.com.au
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> >
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> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Daniel Leu [mailto: daniel_leu@inicore.com]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, 9 May 2007 8:54 AM
> > > To: Peter Ashenden
> > > Subject: Re: [vhdl-200x] Question on provision of UML tool with P1076c
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello Peter,
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Second, they have concerns about distributing a commercial product.
> > > > The
> > > > issue is not one of permission, which has been given by the tool
> > > > supplier.
> > > > Rather, they are concerned about being perceived as endorsing a
> > > > particular
> > > > product. Our rationale for including the tool with the standard is
> > > > that
> > > > doing so mitigates the risk of future versions not being
> > > compatible
> > > > with the
> > > > form in which we publish the information model, and the
> > > risk of the
> > > > tool
> > > > supplier withdrawing the tool or going bust. None of these
> > > is likely.
> > > > However, as a wise man once said, confidence is that glowing
> > > > feeling you get
> > > > just before falling flat on your face!
> > >
> > > I don't think that this is an issue as long as the 'reader' is
> > > available free of charge. Is the data format compatible with other
> > > tools? Ideally would be to have the data files available in an open
> > > format that is supported by several tools. I have no idea if such a
> > > thing exist for UML tools.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > The alternative proposed by the IEEE editor is to include a link to
> > > > the tool
> > > > supplier's website, so that people can download the tool for
> > > > themselves. The
> > > > link would would be accompanied by a statement that IEEE does not
> > > > endorse
> > > > this tool and that users are free to use equivalent tools. Would
> > > > that be
> > > > satisfactory?
> > >
> > > This sounds reasonable to me. Maybe one could archive the tools to
> > > prevent an issue if the original downloads were no longer available.
> > > Then Accellera or eda.org might jump in to host them.
> > >
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > > Daniel
> > >
> >
>
>
>
> --
>
>

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