Paul, I think a dotted line should signify a step that is out of
scope. In that case, all four of the steps you mentioned would be
represented by dotted lines, I believe.
That's my two cents worth, anyway. :-)
Tom
On 7/19/07, Paul Madsen <> wrote:
> Finally getting to my graphic editing AI
>
> The various sequence diagrams have some or all of the following message
> steps
>
> - Access Resource
> - Challenge for credentials
> - User Login
> - Supply resource
>
> Was it the agreement that the first & last are to be drawn as solid
> lines? And the middle 2 as dotted?
>
> Paul
>
> Tom Scavo wrote:
> > On 3/11/07, Eve L. Maler <> wrote:
> >>
> >> >> I personally don't think we need to hew to this rule.
> >> >
> >> > That's fine. It's mostly pedagogical and not worth quibbling about in
> >> > general. I personally find this to be a useful rule when writing
> >> > documentation and so forth since it leads to reasonably complete
> >> > end-to-end flows that novices can understand.
> >>
> >> I'm game to change it -- if Paul feels like doing the graphic
> >> editing! But I don't feel it's absolutely essential unless
> >> something thinks we're making it more confusing this way.
> >
> > I'm okay with the single "swoopy arrow" :-) but did we agree that
> > steps 1 and 7 should be represented by a solid line? That's my main
> > concern.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tom
> >
> >
>
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