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General Board / Re: Management of Model Fragments

« on: May 29, 2008, 10:02:47 pm »

Thanks Simon.

I noticed that that changes to the fragment XMI files does not occur until the file is checked-in. When changes are made to the model they get stored in the EAP file and copied into the XMI file only during check-in. If I observed this correctly, it means that changes will stored in an uncontrolled file temporarily - is that correct?

What is the relationship between the EAP file and the XMI files? It appears as if the XMI files are 'copies' of the constituent elements in the model, is that the case? Can the EAP file be rebuilt from importing the associated XMI files 'recursively' or in an automated fashio?

thanks!

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General Board / Re: Management of Model Fragments

« on: May 29, 2008, 02:19:06 am »

Thanks for you help - very useful!

I have broken the model into fragments (xml files) which I have successfully added to clearcase - very easily!

Here is my question: what do i do with the .EAP file? It seems that if I add this file to Clearcase, the file must be checked out for the tool to open the model.
What is the suggested workflow? does everyone have to check this out when they work?

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General Board / Re: Management of Model Fragments

« on: May 06, 2008, 10:38:23 pm »

Are there "Best Practices" established for this mode of operation?

As we break up the model into packages (and associate a file with it), how should we manage the files?

I'm trying to migrate a team from the Rational Rose UML tools where the top model contains only packages that are not already stored as individual control units (files). The top model simply has references to the files containing the packages in that model - which are imported automatically when the model is opened.
I'm trying to understand what the work flow would look like in a Team Development environment.

thanks again for you help, it is greatly appreciated.

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General Board / Management of Model Fragments

« on: May 06, 2008, 03:04:33 am »

As we break up the model into packages (stored as XMI files). I don't see the EAP file becoming smaller! It seems as if the XMI files contains 'copies' of the packages which then have to be imported/exported manally.

I'm sure there is a better way to do this - any suggestions?

I would have expected that the EAP file would load all the constituent packages (xmi files) when the model is open.

thanks for you help!

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Automation Interface, Add-Ins and Tools / EA and Clearcase integration

« on: May 03, 2008, 03:24:02 am »

I'm evaluating EA for my team (long time RoseRT + Clearcase users). Does anyone know if there is an app note or info that describes how to use EA with Clearcase? I've found nothing in the website and did not found basic instruction on this forum either. Any suggestions?

It appears the suggested method for team colaboration is some kind of database system, but our company uses Clearcase/UCM. It is not clear to me how the model is broken up into model fragments that are individually versioned (xml files I assume).

Thanks a million!