RMIM Designer Documentation (OtherDocs)

Other Available Documentation

The is a listing, not a reproduction of earlier documentation. It includes:

• Primary, Comprehensive Compiled Help File
• Update from 2006 (PDF)
• Update from 2007 (PDF)
• Update when Visio 2003/7 Became Supported (applies to Visio 2010, also)

Primary Documentation As Compiled Help in a ZIP file (2004)

(Click title above to download file) This documentation was published in 2004 as the result of a graduate student project at the University of British Columbia. It is well-done, correct and highly usable. It documents both the RMIM Designer functionality and the representation (iconography).

Documentation Update (2006) in PDF format

(Click title above to download file) As the functionality of the RMIM Designer expanded, the file listed above was released. Its table of contents follows:

1. Introduction
   1. Creation and use of "local" CMETs
   2. Changes in the handling of "formal naming" and "stubs"
   3. Batch Process for Creating Clickable Graphics
2. Defining & Using "local" CMETs
   1. Determining the CMET name, identifier and related information
   2. CMET reference for use by RMIM Designer
   3. Adding your CMET design to repository
3. Software Installation and Naming Source File
   1. Binding to RMIM Designer
   2. Changing source data file
4. Designating Class Clones as "Stub" classes
   1. Qualifications for a stub class
   2. Making the change in Visio
   3. Seeing/making change in RoseTree RMIM view
   4. Effect on RoseTree HMD view
   5. Changes to "*.hmd" output file
5. Batch Creation of Clickable Graphics
   1. Installing RMIM Designer in Visio
   2. File Structure for Batch Graphics Creation
   3. Running the Batch Process

Documentation Update (2007) in PDF Format

(Click title above to download file) It is a PDF of a PowerPoint that summarizes:

1. Documentation enhancements
   • Business names
   • Multiple annotation types for each clone
2. Establishing Default and Fixed attribute values
3. Data types and flavors
4. Setting cardinality and length (of a field)
5. Vocabulary constraints
6. Use of the Visio "XML" file for documentation
7. Guidelines on annotations and constraints

Documentation Update (2007) When Visio 2003/7 Became Supported

(Click title above to download file) This PDF file was released at the time that the RMIM Designer was upgraded to run on Visio 2003 and Visio 2007 in addition to prior Visio releases.