Yes. One could generate a DTD or XML document or XMLschema from a model stored
as RDF.
Jim
"Welsh, David" wrote:
> I've heard very good longer term experience story's about using RDF from the
> publishing/library world, and I couldn't miss the almost religious sermons
> from some @ the W3C on RDF as the way of the future Semantic Web.
> It would appear RDF offers the opportunity to encapsulate business process
> models, during the analysis, design and 'record for posterity' stage in
> business process life cycles. I take it then in the grander scheme of things
> then, one could generate SpecSchema runtime XML from business process models
> in RDF. Sounds like it could.
> Dave
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jim Clark [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2001 7:29 AM
> > To: Race Bannon
> > Cc: 'Bob Haugen'; '[email protected]'; 'ebXML-CCBP-Analysis
> > (E-mail)'
> > Subject: Re: XMI reality check
> >
> >
> > I FULLY concur with Mr Bannon and vote for that format.
> >
> > Jim Clark
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> > 936.264.3366
> >
> > Race Bannon wrote:
> >
> > > My vote: RDF is the better format.
> > >
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> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bob Haugen [mailto:[email protected]]
> > > Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 8:46 AM
> > > To: '[email protected]'; 'ebXML-CCBP-Analysis (E-mail)'
> > > Subject: XMI reality check
> > >
> > > One of the issues for the Business Process Editor has been
> > > what format to use to store business process models for
> > > interoperability with UML tools. I am also encountering
> > > this same issue in other projects.
> > >
> > > XMI seems to be the "standard", but I have also heard
> > > lots of complaints.
> > >
> > > This is a general call for feedback on XMI, from people
> > > who have tried it:
> > > * What UML tools have you tried XMI with?
> > > * Have you tried to take the same XMI model and
> > > move it from one tool to another?
> > > * What problems did you encounter?
> > > * Were XMI models imported into a UML tool
> > > really ugly, even if they might have worked
> > > technically?
> > > * Any other XMI comments...
> > > * What's a better format, if any? (RDF?)
> > >
> > > Thanks a million,
> > > Bob Haugen
> > >
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