ARCH-005: Modularity

[jimsch]

Version -04

This requirement appears to be a duplicate of requirement G-005 and G-008. What is the reason for having this be distinct?

[ncamwing]

Hi Jim,
I view versioning and back compabilitibility as being somewhat different than extensibility.
The extensibility is to allow for other (especially vendor specific) attributes to be allowed (but not mandatory to SACM)....

Nancy.

[llorenzin]

Nancy, I read what Jim is saying as - extensibility (G-005) and versioning / backward compatibility (G-008) are already defined as general requirements, so why have the same requirement again in the architecture section? Jim - i think the answer is: ARCH-005 is specific to how the components are expected to interact with each other, which is defined in the architecture.

[jimsch]

No change needed. Lisa is correct in terms of what I was asking.