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From: Preben Randhol <randhol+abuse@pvv.org>
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Subject: Re: Free Ada UML tools Available /
Date: Fri, 24 May 2002 09:28:18 +0000 (UTC)
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On 24 May 2002 06:37:52 +0100, Simon Wright wrote:
> 
> I have a project (ColdFrame, http://www.pushface.org/coldframe/) which
> generates Ada framework code as a backend for a UML tool.
> 
> At the moment the only front-end supported is Rational Rose, which is
> _not_ free of course. The Gnome Office "Dia" sounds very interesting,
> though; the other free UML tools are Java-based and (IME) a little
> unreliable. I had thought about PragSoft's offering, but have been
> very busy. All that's needed is to dump the model in a CF-specific XML
> format :-)

So what is needed is to make a Dia2CF program (or a procedure in CF)
that makes it possible to utilise the XML from Dia.

Is the CF XML format documented somewhere?

Preben