Question on UC generalization/specialization

[jeshaw2]

Paolo, do they offer a good relocation package?  

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Paolo, do they offer a good relocation package?  

I'll ask at the interview (if I get that far...)  

Paolo

[Paolo F Cantoni]

Take a look at Scott Ambler's "The Elements of UML 2.0 Style" for some additional pointers on when specialization is preferable to using <<extend>>.
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Hi David,

As you know, Jim Shaw is preparing an article for the EA Wiki Use Case Description.  Offline, we've been discussing Use Case Generalization.  

If you look at Scott's stuff on the Web, he mainly deals with Essential Use Cases (a very important topic) as the generalization process.  The only direct references I can find to the (Classifier) Generalization relationship are in his University Enrollment examples (Reuse in Use-Case Models: <<extend>>, <<include>>, and Inheritance).  They are presented undescribed and I'm actually a ta loss to see where the Generalization is.  Can you summarise your/his view on this, as I don't have Scott's book.  

Could you explain  how Enroll Family Member in University is a specialization of Enroll in University (and not just another instance of Enroll in University) and why Student is the only primary actor for Enroll Family Member in University.  It doesn't make sense to me.  

TIA
Paolo

[jeshaw2]

As you know, Jim Shaw is preparing an article for the EA Wiki Use Case Description.  Offline, we've been discussing Use Case Generalization.  

This is still a work in process.  I expect to complete my work sometime this weekend. When that happens, I'll move the article out of my Sub-page area and into the wiki main stream.  Doing so may break the current url, but I'll come back here with an updated link.

[jeshaw2]

This is still a work in process.  I expect to complete my work sometime this weekend. When that happens, I'll move the article out of my Sub-page area and into the wiki main stream.  Doing so may break the current url, but I'll come back here with an updated link.

My work is completed. The new link is:

Use case Description

Thanks for your patience