UML2 DDL FK relationships as Dependencies?

[Paolo F Cantoni]

The Lithuanian product has just released a new version.

One user (quite rightly in my view) complained his Associations had been converted to Dependencies!

The reply back asked if he was using DDL language as in line with UML2, all Associations: "which was used to show FK, table view and scope references was changed into dependencies".

1)  Does anybody know anything about this?  Sounds a bit suspect to me...
2)  Is there an "official" specification on UML-DDL interfacing?
3)  If it is correct, does EA have any plans to do this without notifying users?

Paolo

[Eve]

I don't know anything about that, or an "official" UML-DDL spec.  However I do know that EA 6.0 is still using associations for foreign keys, (I think it's exactly the same)  As far as I can tell, dependencies can't be used for foreign keys.

If at some point in the future we did do something like this, I suspect it would be as part of a database upgrade procedure as it would be incompatible with existing versions.

[KP]

2)  Is there an "official" specification on UML-DDL interfacing?

There is no official specification on the OMG site, which probably makes Rational's "UML Profile for Database Design" the de-facto standard. They have dependencies from Views to Tables, but associations for primary and foreign key definitions.

Neil

[Paolo F Cantoni]

There is no official specification on the OMG site, which probably makes Rational's "UML Profile for Database Design" the de-facto standard. They have dependencies from Views to Tables, but associations for primary and foreign key definitions.

Neil

Thanks Neil...  This makes sense....
Had me worried...

Paolo