Re: [Gnumed-devel] GNUmed alternative development model

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Sat, Dec 17, 2005 at 12:05:01PM -0200, Daniel Minahim wrote:

> It seems I've brought an old discussion back! That's good, but as a certified 
> shrink I would recommend to keep tempers down :)
Good suggestion, thanks.

> Anyway, please take a look at the 2 modeling tools I've mentioned:
> 
> 1) Umbrello (for KDE)
> 2) ArgoUML (Java)
> (3) Dia)
None of them supports PG table inheritance.

> Those are free, I'd suggest Umbrello which has a ready Python generation 
> module.
Sounds like your are proposing modelling classes for
frontend/middleware ?

I have always wondered what those tools are expected to model:

- storage layout
- business layer classes

> 3) Make an USE-CASE diagram based on the lists wishlist 
I've been telling people for literally years to come up with
use cases and we'll work on them (even without the proper
tools). Few have responded. Those few have received
confirmation and reassurance that their case will be
considered and eventually be implemented.

> 5) Generate a OO-ER diagram from the SQL (in UML is class diagram), I think 
> this will have to be done manually since postgres autodoc is very faulty.
What are the faults thereof (apart from that it maybe
doesn't stick to standard modelling terminology but rather
tries to get the job done somehow) ? The one shortcoming I
know of is that it doesn't take into account table
inheritance either. I'd love to see better tools applied to
the job.

Karsten
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