/**
 * <copyright>
 * </copyright>
 *
 * $Id: RoleDescription.java,v 1.1 2008/01/15 08:52:06 jtham Exp $
 */
package org.eclipse.epf.xml.uma;


/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Role Description</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * A generalized Content Description that is used to store the textual description for a Role.
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.epf.xml.uma.RoleDescription#getAssignmentApproaches <em>Assignment Approaches</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.epf.xml.uma.RoleDescription#getSkills <em>Skills</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.epf.xml.uma.RoleDescription#getSynonyms <em>Synonyms</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.epf.xml.uma.UmaPackage#getRoleDescription()
 * @model extendedMetaData="name='RoleDescription' kind='elementOnly'"
 * @generated
 */
public interface RoleDescription extends ContentDescription {
	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Assignment Approaches</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Provides guidance on for assigning individuals to the Role in terms of what other roles these individuals could perform and what responsibility different individuals assigned to this role might have.  The guidance can also describe different assignment approaches for different types of projects, e.g. for large versus small teams where individuals could be allocated to roles full time versus sharing roles within the team.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Assignment Approaches</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setAssignmentApproaches(String)
	 * @see org.eclipse.epf.xml.uma.UmaPackage#getRoleDescription_AssignmentApproaches()
	 * @model unique="false" dataType="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xml.type.String"
	 *        extendedMetaData="kind='element' name='AssignmentApproaches'"
	 * @generated
	 */
	String getAssignmentApproaches();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.epf.xml.uma.RoleDescription#getAssignmentApproaches <em>Assignment Approaches</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Assignment Approaches</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #getAssignmentApproaches()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setAssignmentApproaches(String value);

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Skills</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Lists of set of required skills a person needs to possess to fulfill that Role.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Skills</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setSkills(String)
	 * @see org.eclipse.epf.xml.uma.UmaPackage#getRoleDescription_Skills()
	 * @model unique="false" dataType="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xml.type.String"
	 *        extendedMetaData="kind='element' name='Skills'"
	 * @generated
	 */
	String getSkills();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.epf.xml.uma.RoleDescription#getSkills <em>Skills</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Skills</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #getSkills()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setSkills(String value);

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Synonyms</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Lists synonyms, i.e. other names the Role might be referred by.  Tool support for the meta-model might support that a Role name can be consistently be replaced with one of its synonyms throught a Process.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Synonyms</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setSynonyms(String)
	 * @see org.eclipse.epf.xml.uma.UmaPackage#getRoleDescription_Synonyms()
	 * @model unique="false" dataType="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xml.type.String"
	 *        extendedMetaData="kind='element' name='Synonyms'"
	 * @generated
	 */
	String getSynonyms();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.epf.xml.uma.RoleDescription#getSynonyms <em>Synonyms</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Synonyms</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #getSynonyms()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setSynonyms(String value);

} // RoleDescription