UML ITS Policy

Summary

The UML ITS is a technical infrastructure for making V3 wire formats easier to implement.

RBM <--Policies--> XUM Implementable Models (UML diagram <-> Schema)

One of the important things about the XUM is that it makes the implicit transforms that happen between the RBM and the actual wire format explicit. Some of these transforms are required by the existing methodology, but a number of possible tranforms and policy decisions that might improve the implementation experience for some users have been identified.

We must decide whether to:

• flatten the instances
• Use business names in the instance
• Send fixed and default values
• Support By References and By Value

And we must also decide which kind of model(s) to create XUM's for. The XUM Creation Level document considers this most important issue in depth.