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<DIV><SPAN class=495412612-06082007>All, </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=495412612-06082007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">The
question has been asked "Should we change to use a UML tool such as Rational
Rose to capture our MFD model?" </SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=495412612-06082007><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN
class=495412612-06082007>This was</SPAN> discussed <SPAN
class=495412612-06082007>at the last teleconference</SPAN>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>On the pro side was <SPAN
class=495412612-06082007>it provided </SPAN>a standard machine readable
representation of the model and<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>allow for direct machine generated code<SPAN
class=495412612-06082007>. </SPAN>On the con side was that the tools are
expensive and would incur a learning curve for the uninitiated<SPAN
class=495412612-06082007>.</SPAN> <SPAN class=495412612-06082007>
T</SPAN>here may be an unequal benefit across the PWG (it is unknown how many
participants use <SPAN class=495412612-06082007>CASE </SPAN>tools).<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The consensus was that we should take
this to the MFD mailing list<SPAN class=495412612-06082007> hence this
note</SPAN>.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'MS Mincho'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: JA; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Is
anyone volunteering to create and maintain the UML diagrams?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If someone will<SPAN
class=495412612-06082007>,</SPAN> we can certainly incorporate them into the
specification and store them on the PWG site along with the specification and
WSDL/schema<SPAN class=495412612-06082007>.</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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class=495412612-06082007><FONT face=Arial
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