[oslc-cm] Providing additional types of "change request"-like resources -- ANY MORE FEEDBACK?

[Steve K Speicher]

Fellow CM'rs,

We plan to talk about this on the January 31st call, so please either:
a) Join the call to discussion [1]
b) Provide feedback (thanks Paul! [2])

[1] - 
http://open-services.net/wiki/change-management/Meeting-agendas-and-minutes/
[2] - 
http://open-services.net/pipermail/oslc-cm_open-services.net/2012-November/000431.html

Thanks,
Steve Speicher
IBM Rational Software
OSLC - Lifecycle integration inspired by the web -> 
http://open-services.net

> From: Steve K Speicher/Raleigh/IBM at IBMUS
> To: oslc-cm at open-services.net, 
> Date: 11/29/2012 01:48 PM
> Subject: [oslc-cm] Providing additional types of "change request"-like 
resources
> Sent by: "Oslc-Cm" <oslc-cm-bounces at open-services.net>
> 
> Currently, the CM 2.0 defines only 1 rdf:type of resource and we all 
know 
> and love that as oslc_cm:ChangeRequest.
> 
> There are many other "kinds" of change requests, today we help guide 
some 
> scenarios that are looking for these kinds of resources by using 
> oslc:usage with some known values [1],[2].
> 
> Not having these usage identifiers be rdf:types has always been a little 

> odd, for a number of reasons:
> - Typical way of querying and inferring the type of resource relied on 
> non-standard ways
> - Associating dialogs, factories, queries without these type is a bit 
off.
> 
> We've already proven the need for these usage/type things.  So the names 

> (ids) and concepts are still valid.
> 
> My proposal: 
>         In 3.0, introduce these as additional subtypes (rdfs:subClassOf 
> oslc_cm:ChangeRequest) as first class OSLC-CM resource types: Defect, 
> PlanItem, Task, RequirementsChangeRequest. 
> 
> [1] - 
> 
http://open-services.net/pipermail/oslc-cm_open-services.net/2010-June/000172.html

> [2] - 
> 
http://open-services.net/bin/view/Main/CmSpecificationV2#Usage_Identifiers
> 
> Thanks,
> Steve Speicher
> IBM Rational Software
> OSLC - Lifecycle integration inspired by the web -> 
> http://open-services.net
> 
> 
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