[news.eclipse.technology.epf] Re: Task and their descriptors

["Peter Haumer" <phaumer@xxxxxxxxxx>]

The idea is that you not publish the same information over and over again. 
Image defining a process in which the same task is performed twenty times. 
You would define twenty descriptors each with all the descriptions 
duplicated.  By keep the general descriptions factored into the task you 
avoid a maintenance problem.  Descriptors should only contain the 
information which is different from the original task, e.g. they could have 
different input/outputs, different performers, they selected a sub-set of 
the steps defined for the task as well as can contain additional text 
describing how the task is performed differently at that particular point in 
the lifecycle.

However, it has been suggested to work with iframes to display the task 
information inside the descriptor page or to use more frames in general or 
to actually provide a publication option to redundantly publish the 
information.  We are looking into all of these possibilities in the future.

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Thanks and best regards,
Peter Haumer.

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PETER HAUMER
IBM | Eclipse Process Framework Committer
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"Rich Weiskopf" <rich.weiskopf@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
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> When a descriptor for a task is generated (using capability patterns), 
> elements (ex. purpose, main desc.) that are part of the original task 
> definition are not carried forward into the Task Descriptor definition.
>
> After publishing, the data is available; although necessitating an awkward 
> approach (applet tree: delivery process->capability pattern->Work 
> Breakdown(Breakdown element) -> Task->Based on Method. .......This brings 
> up the original Task definition.
>
> Is there some way of carrying forward into the Task Descriptor all of the 
> elements? Or does one have to cut and paste from the task definition into 
> the task descriptor?
>
>