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MDT/UML2/Reviews/Kepler
This page provides the required docuware for the UML2 4.1.0 Release Review, as part of the upcoming Kepler Simultaneous Release.
Contents
Overview
UML2 is an EMF-based implementation of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.x OMG metamodel for the Eclipse platform. The objectives of the UML2 project are to provide:
- a useable implementation of the UML metamodel to support the development of modeling tools
- a common XMI schema to facilitate interchange of semantic models
- test cases as a means of validating the specification
- validation rules as a means of defining and enforcing levels of compliance
Features
New in this release
See the New and Noteworthy for details.
Accordance with project plan themes and priorities
See the plan for details.
Non-Code Aspects
- Documentation hosted on the UML2 home page
- Documentation (FAQ, Javadoc, articles, etc.) available on the wiki
- Example features/plug-ins available
APIs
- The project lead certifies that the requirements for Eclipse Quality APIs have been met for this release.
- Non-API in “internal” namespace
- Some ‘discouraged access’ warnings in cases of metamodel extension (plug-in compatibility restricted to minor version)
Architecture
No change.
Tool Usability
Sample tools haven't changed.
End-of-Life
No APIs have been deprecated as part of this release.
Bugzilla
Bugzilla snapshot for Kepler as of May 27, 2013.
Standards
Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.5 specification finalization underway; UML2 4.1 is compliant with 2.4.1 formal version.
UI Usability
- UML2 4.1 conforms to Eclipse User Interface Guidelines
- Eclipse platform standard i18n support used where applicable/possible; stand-alone deployment uses equivalent J2SE APIs
- ICU4J is used but optional; stand-alone deployments delegate to corresponding J2SE 5.0 APIs when ICU not available
- Language packs will be created as part of an Eclipse Translation Project
- Eclipse platform APIs used to provide accessible UI
Schedule
UML2 is a “+1” project in the simultaneous release.
M1 08/20/2012 M2 10/01/2012 M3 11/12/2012 M4 12/17/2012 M5 02/04/2013 M6 03/18/2013 API freeze M7 05/06/2013 Feature Freeze RC1 05/20/2013 RC2 05/27/2013 RC3 06/03/2013 RC4 06/10/2013 Kepler 06/26/2013
Communities
- Interaction in Bugzilla
- Activity on the newsgroup
- Collaboration with other projects at Eclipse
Commiter Changes
No change.
IP Issues
The UML2 project leadership verifies that:
- the about files and use licenses are in place as per the Guidelines to Legal Documentation.
- all contributions (code, documentation, images, etc) have been committed by individuals who are either Members of the Foundation, or have signed the appropriate Committer Agreement. In either case, these are individuals who have signed, and are abiding by, the Eclipse IP Policy.
- all significant contributions have been reviewed by the Foundation's legal staff.
- all non-Committer code contributions, including third-party libraries, have been documented in the release and reviewed by the Foundation's legal staff.
- all Contribution Questionnaires have been completed.
- the "provider" field of each plug-in is set to "Eclipse Modeling Project“.
- the "copyright" field of each feature is set to the copyright owner (the Eclipse Foundation is rarely the copyright owner).
- any third-party logos or trademarks included in the distribution (icons, help file logos, etc) have been licensed under the EPL.
- any fonts or similar third-party images included in the distribution (e.g. in PDF or EPS files) have been licensed under the EPL.
The UML2 project IP log is located here.
Project Plan
The current project plan is available here.
Draft development plan for the next release of UML2 is not yet available.