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TRAK Architecture Framework / News: Recent posts
UML and SysML Diagrams with Added TRAK
The umlsysmlwithtrak project on SourceForge has provided a means to annotate vanilla UML and SysML diagrams with some added TRAK. This caters for situations where:-
- you've got Class / State / Use Case diagrams where you'd like to add some simple triples from TRAK, for example, to identify a potential problem using 'Concern about ...'
- you've got a TRAK architecture description and would like to augment this with, say, a standard UML / SysML State Machine Diagram
- you'd like to reduce some of the redundancy in a standard UML description where you've got an Actor and a Class representing the same real world entity which complicates / frustrates searches on the model repository... read more
Turtle All the Way Down, Conformance Claims and Event Trees
The release of the TRAK architecture framework on 30th April 2025 adds triples where the object of the triple is another triple or tuple (N-ary) e.g. 'Claim about ('Software satisfies Standard')' and 'Event caused by ('Event OR Event')'.
This provides the ability to:-
- accurately describe a claim of conformance against a contract, requirement or normative artefact
- describe a fault event tree where an event occurs if a logical combination of child events occurs... read more
It's All About Interoperability
Plans for the Visio and OmniGraffle implementations of TRAK via JSON
TRAK Facebook Group Created
By way of celebrating the 1st birthday of TRAK (originally released on 19th February 2010) we created a group on Facebook which folks are welcome to join.
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_172938462752985
This supplements the TRAK group on LinkedIn and other public sites like the community site at http://trak-community.org
We try to keep folks informed and provide a variety of means for them to be able to get support and share experiences and news.
Templates for Implementers in Progress
TRAK is a logical definition. The viewpoints that address task stakeholder concerns do not assume any particular language (Architecture Description Language - ADL).
Tools may or may not implement a particular architecture description language, e.g. a UML modelling tool will implement the UML (the Unified Modelling Language). The tool may therefore introduce a limitation or artefact in implementing the ADL. Equally an ADL might not be able to fully represent an architecture framework or introduce limitations.... read more
