Talk:Systems modeling language

Innovation?

The article says:

A notable innovation of SysML is support for requirements modeling.

But tools such as Vitech's CORE have supported system requirements modeling for years, so I fail to see how this is an "innovation" on SysML's part. --Allan McInnes (talk) 16:34, 14 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not only CORE, but other modeling tools (e.g., Sparx Enterprise Architect) have previously supported visual requirements modeling. However, in the case of CORE, the modeling language is proprietary; in the case of EA, the requirements modeling support is a proprietary extension to UML. I propose that we replace the problematic sentence with something more accurate and less controversial: "A noteworthy improvement of SysML over UML is its support for requirements modeling." If no one objects to this recommendation over the next two weeks, I will make the modification. --Kobryn 17:56, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, I think you'll find that someone has already modified the sentence in question to read

A notable innovation of SysML over the UML is support for requirements modeling.

But if you feel that "improvement" is a better choice of words than "innovation" then by all means make that change. --Allan McInnes (talk) 18:56, 29 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]