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This week, our articles and updates focus on Rational Software Architect. There is new information to help you get the most out of converting UML and BPMN model elements.

Convert UML and BPMN model elements to different types automatically
Author: Lidija Grahek (lgrahek@ca.ibm.com), Advisory Software Developer, IBM Canada
In early phases of design, you might use a UML class and later realize that you need a UML component, instead. Previously, you had to perform several steps manually to replace the element. The element conversion feature introduced in Rational Software Architect 8.0.2 automates all of those steps.

There is also updated information about extending the topology editor in Rational Software Architect, and adding custom topology validators to the tool. Thanks to Andre Zwanziger and Sebastian Herden of IT Architecture Consulting Group, Magdeburg; and Chad Holliday and Tim McMackin of IBM Rational software for these updates.

Extending the topology editor with custom technology domains
Rational Software Architect includes modeling elements for databases, application servers, and Java applications. These are usually enough to model any type of system or software. However, you can use the Topology Domain Generation Toolkit to create custom elements. This tutorial demonstrates how.

Add a custom topology validator using Rational Software Architect
Validators enforce conditions on a model element in a topology, create an error message in the diagram, and suggest an optional resolution to correct the condition. This tutorial describes how you can add a custom validator to IBM Rational Software Architect.

Models made easy; and on being agile and lean

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Innovate India begins this week! Here's a peek at the agenda.

And if you'll be attending Innovate, check out this session on August 11 where they will talk about the sketching tool in Rational Software Architect. In this blog post by Manoj Paul, he describes this tool as a great feature for those who use Rational Software Architect to create models and digrams, but still aren't comfortable with UML and its semantics. (demo included in blog post)

If agile and lean software development are more your speed, make sure you check out this interview with Scott Ambler. At Innovate 2011 in Orlando, he sat down with Scott Laningham to share his thoughts on being agile and Lean. (h/t Scott Laningham)

Finally, if you're curious about how much Rational software values the importance of communities in software development, check out what Gina Poole, VP of Rational WW Marketing, had to say to CMSWire in IBMs Focus on Developer Communities Supports a Greater Cause.

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