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Based on what I have seen in homework and quizzes, I would like to make comments about the Repository, UML, and program changes.

REPOSITORY AND UML:
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is used to document analysis and design work and the information contained on the UML Diagrams can be stored in a design database called a "Repository".  UML and the Repository are tools used to do design work. The Repository contains design information such as the definition of the customer database.  The Repository does not contain production data.  The production data such as all the customer names and addresses is stored in a database such as an ORACLE database or a MySQL database.  Computer programs are written in a programming language such as Java or C#. 

Now that you have that background, here are the statements that bothered me enough to write this email:
1. "The system will update the repository" (No - the production system will update the database.)
2. "I will write my web pages in UML" (No- the web pages will be written in a programming or markup language such as PHP or HTML.)

In summary, the repository contains design information or "data about data" or "metadata".  The database contains the data values such as a table of 5000 students that contains a name and address for each of the 5000 students.

PROGRAM CHANGES:
A change to a system that involves a database change is generally a "major change" because this could cause changes to many programs.  A change that is confined to only one program is generally not considered "major".