Re: Announce: xsd2dia

[Johann Tienhaara <tech mountaingrouse com>]

Thanks for the tips & encouragement Andrew.

Let me amend my original statement that xsd2dia will not be supported: I 
do welcome feedback on xsd2dia since it could be very helpful to a newer 
work in progress.

(Thanks for your comments on the "xsd:" prefix Andrew!)

Also your suggestion for a Nodular mailing list is a good idea.  For 
anyone who is interested, Nodular is a Tcl library designed mainly with 
the goal of forward- and reverse-engineering Dia diagrams (UML and 
eventually ER etc) to / from Java, [incr Tcl] (!), SQL, XML, etc.  The 
first attempt at Nodular, version 0.8, is available at:

    http://www.mountaingrouse.org/nodular.html

It is slow and uses a lot of memory.  It is also incomplete, since 
development has all but stopped on version 0.8.  I'm working on a new 
version, 1.0, which is also slow but doesn't use much memory.  Nodular 
1.0 will also adhere closely to published standards (whereas 0.8 has 
LOTS of hacks...).

Nodular 0.8 gives an indication of the direction of the project.  I will 
make an announcement here in a few weeks re: version 1.0, once it is 
stable and mature enough to be of use and also has some documentation, 
mailing list, etc.

Thanks & cheers!

Johann


On 2002-08-20 at 17:11 +0100, Andrew Ferrier wrote:

> > If you did continue to maintain this, this would be great for
> > the Dia/XML/UML-using folks I think (I know you said twice you
> > wouldn't, but even occasional bug-fixes would be better than
> > none and few know Tcl!). Even if not, could I propose that a
> > link to this be added to the website? (I'd submit a patch to
> > CVS myself only I haven't the first clue how the Dia web CVS
> > works).
>
>
> After making those comments, I took a closer look at your
> website and found your 'Nodular' project. I take back the
> comments about maintainence: I guess you're trying to bring
> together the features of your script into this hence the lack
> of maintainence to the old one. I for one am interested to see
> what will come of Nodular. Could I propose an announce mailing
> list on SourceForge?
>
> Good luck!
>
> Regards,
> Andrew.