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MDT/UML2/Reviews/Helios
This page provides the required docuware for the MDT UML2 3.1.0 Release Review, as part of the upcoming Helios 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 component 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
- Maintenance only; there is nothing significantly noteworthy.
See http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/news/relnotes.php?project=uml2&version=HEAD.
Accordance with project plan themes and priorities
- Release Currency - 1 committed, 2 deferred
- Community Support - 2 committed, 3 deferred
- Compliance - 0 committed, 1 deferred
Non-Code Aspects
- Documentation hosted at [MDT Web site | http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/?project=uml2]
- Documentation (FAQ, Javadoc, articles, etc.) available at http://wiki.eclipse.org/MDT/UML2.
- Example features/plug-ins available
APIs
APIs have not changed this release.
- 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
Nothing has been deprecated.
Bugzilla
Bugzilla snapshot for Helios as of May 28, 2010.
Standards
Unified Modeling Language (UML) 2.4 specification revision underway; UML2 3.1 is compliant with [2.2 formal version | http://www.omg.org/technology/documents/formal/uml.htm].
UI Usability
- UML2 3.1 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
MDT UML2 is a “+1” project in the simultaneous release.
M1 08/17/2009 M2 09/28/2009 M3 11/09/2009 M4 12/14/2009 M5 02/01/2010 M6 03/15/2010 API freeze M7 05/03/2010 Feature Freeze RC1 05/17/2010 RC2 05/24/2010 RC3 05/31/2010 RC4 06/07/2010 RC5 06/14/2010 Helios 06/23/2010
Communities
- Interaction in Bugzilla
- Activity on the newsgroup
- Collaboration with other projects at Eclipse
Commiter Changes
- James Bruck is no longer a committer, nor project lead.
- Kenn Hussey is now project lead.
IP Issues
The MDT 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 MDT UML2 project IP log is located at http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/uml2/eclipse-project-ip-log.csv. The combined MDT generated log can be found at: http://www.eclipse.org/projects/ip_log.php?projectid=modeling.mdt.
Project Plan
The current project plan is available from http://www.eclipse.org/projects/project-plan.php?planurl=http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/mdt/uml2/project-info/plan.xml&component=UML2.
Draft development plan for MDT UML2 3.2.0 is not yet available.