ActReference

This page documents an Open MnM Hot Topic, i.e. a methodology issue requiring a resolution from Modeling and Methodology.

What is an Act Reference

Act References have been defined by committees per MnM guidance like the following:

There are a number of issues:

The only thing that really identifies this as an ActReference is the clone class name, violating the rule that Clone Class names don't add semantics.
It could be argued the fact that since there is no other information in the class, aside from classCode, moodCode, or ID, it must be a reference.
This doesn't satisfy all reference requirements.
- How do I know how much of the Act and its descendent's are intended to be referenced?
- How do I distinguish different versions of the same object?
- How do I handle "snapshot" references?