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I may be wrong, isn't the purpose of UML to allow it to model all different kinds of things? (hence Unified) i.e. part of the U of UML was to bring in ER? --- Danny Ayers http://www.isacat.net <- -----Original Message----- <- From: Al Snell [mailto:alaric@a...] <- Sent: 14 April 2001 22:48 <- To: Murali Mani <- Cc: Uche Ogbuji; xml-dev <- Subject: Re: Linkbases, Topic Maps, and RDF Knowledge Bases -- help me <- <- <- On Fri, 13 Apr 2001, Murali Mani wrote: <- <- > Also one thing which I was wondering was do people use UML for data <- > modeling? I think ER is the tool, UML is just more like a programming <- > model. <- <- I use UML in the projects I work on to model that kind of stuff - the <- class diagrams contain the necessary semantics, although it's been a long <- while since I last drew one, so I can't remember the details :-) <- <- I wouldn't describe UML as a "programming model", more as a series of <- specifications for types of diagram to explain different parts of a <- program's structure - but that may be what you meant anyway. <- Only a *part* <- of UML corresponds to an ER diagram, and it's also used to express class <- hierarchies, and some other things too :-) <- <- > <- > regards - murali. <- > <- <- ABS <- <- -- <- Alaric B. Snell <- http://www.alaric-snell.com/ http://RFC.net/ <- http://www.warhead.org.uk/ <- Any sufficiently advanced technology can be emulated in software <- <- <- ------------------------------------------------------------------ <- The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org, an initiative of OASIS <- <http://www.oasis-open.org> <- <- The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ <- <- To unsubscribe from this elist send a message with the single word <- "unsubscribe" in the body to: xml-dev-request@l... <-
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