[KLUG Members] Dia and UML

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>>I have recently started using the Gnome diagram editor Dia quite a bit.
>>As I looked around I found utilities that claim to turn a Dia UML ERD
>>diagram into SQL to build the database, as well as turning Dia UML class
>>diagrams into source code skeletons.  Has anyone who actually
>>understands UML used Dia?  Does anyone feel that UML is something worth
>>learning?  (How about a presentation!)
>UML (universal modeling language) is a very early XML standard, one
>of the first to sport the all-important DTD (document template
>definition).  UML is an excellent language to learn if you want to
>see XML "in 'real-world' action."  XML itself is just a template for
>extensive language designs, like UML.
 
>From the documents I've glanced at UML seems to be more specific than
simply an XMLish implementation.  It ssems to include a "standard" way
to designate operations and attributes of classes and relationships
between classes (such as 1:1, 1:M, etc...) with a set of "icons".

>And as an application, Dia rocks.  EPS, SVG and other support. 

Yes it does.

>Combined with LyX, I create all my publications -- articles,
>documents, books and even presentations -- in PDF format with all
>the goodies (with 0 extra effort).

Yep,  I send my Dia-grams out into the world as PDF,  works perfectly so
far.