Comments on: TextUML Toolkit - Commitments for the 30 day challenge http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/06/04/textuml-toolkit-commitments-for-the-30-day-challenge/ A company obsessed with one single goal: stopping people from writing so much code Sat, 31 Jul 2010 18:22:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: rchaves http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/06/04/textuml-toolkit-commitments-for-the-30-day-challenge/#comment-87 rchaves Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:39:29 +0000 http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/06/04/textuml-toolkit-commitments-for-the-30-day-challenge/#comment-87 Hi Mike, thanks! The TextUML Toolkit relies on <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/MDT-UML2" rel="nofollow">Eclipse UML2</a>, an open source API for reading and manipulating UML models. Eclipse UML2 persists models in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMI" rel="nofollow">XMI</a>, which is the standard XML-based interchange format for UML. Most UML tools in the market support XMI, including (to my surprise) <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=Visio+XMI" rel="nofollow">Visio</a>. Unfortunately, there are quite a few different flavors of XMI implementations, causing tools to be incompatible with each other. I haven't tried accessing from the TextUML Toolkit a UML model exported from Visio, but I would be surprised if it works. The TextUML Toolkit is supposed to be compatible with any of the tools listed <a href="http://wiki.eclipse.org/MDT-UML2-Tool-Compatibility" rel="nofollow">here</a>, as they also rely on Eclipse UML2 for importing and/or exporting UML models. Good luck to you too! Rafael Hi Mike, thanks!

The TextUML Toolkit relies on Eclipse UML2, an open source API for reading and manipulating UML models. Eclipse UML2 persists models in XMI, which is the standard XML-based interchange format for UML. Most UML tools in the market support XMI, including (to my surprise) Visio.

Unfortunately, there are quite a few different flavors of XMI implementations, causing tools to be incompatible with each other. I haven’t tried accessing from the TextUML Toolkit a UML model exported from Visio, but I would be surprised if it works.

The TextUML Toolkit is supposed to be compatible with any of the tools listed here, as they also rely on Eclipse UML2 for importing and/or exporting UML models.

Good luck to you too!

Rafael

]]> By: Mike Wilson http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/06/04/textuml-toolkit-commitments-for-the-30-day-challenge/#comment-91 Mike Wilson Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:22:27 +0000 http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/06/04/textuml-toolkit-commitments-for-the-30-day-challenge/#comment-91 Hi Rafael, Best of luck with your application. I'm looking forward to seeing how you go with this. Do you think you'll offer any support for GUI design tools such as Visio in the future? Cheers, Mike Hi Rafael,

Best of luck with your application. I’m looking forward to seeing how you go with this. Do you think you’ll offer any support for GUI design tools such as Visio in the future?

Cheers,

Mike

]]> By: rchaves http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/06/04/textuml-toolkit-commitments-for-the-30-day-challenge/#comment-90 rchaves Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:05:59 +0000 http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/06/04/textuml-toolkit-commitments-for-the-30-day-challenge/#comment-90 :) Thanks, Andreas, I appreciate the support. :)
Thanks, Andreas, I appreciate the support.

]]> By: Andreas http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/06/04/textuml-toolkit-commitments-for-the-30-day-challenge/#comment-89 Andreas Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:41:11 +0000 http://abstratt.com/blog/2008/06/04/textuml-toolkit-commitments-for-the-30-day-challenge/#comment-89 Hi Rafael, who's the other one? Just kidding... Anyway. I'm WATCHING you. Feel the pressure? Good luck & have fun, Andreas Hi Rafael,

who’s the other one?
Just kidding…
Anyway. I’m WATCHING you.
Feel the pressure?

Good luck & have fun,
Andreas

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