Upgrading to TimeNET 4.0

This page contains important information for upgrading an older version to the final TimeNET 4.0.

Upgrading from TimeNET 4.0 beta

In the final version of TimeNET 4.0, the GMPN netclass has been renamed to SCPN (Stochastic Colored Petri Nets). Also, the general XML format of TimeNET models has slightly changed, so that models created with the 4.0 beta version must be converted. Technical reasons prevent an automatic conversion, so it must be done manually by applying the following steps. Open the old model in your favourite text editor and exchange the following lines depending on the type of the model:

GMPN models

• Remove the following text (multiple lines) in the beginning of the XML file:
  <net id="0" netclass="GMPN" xmlns="http://www.jakop.de/schema/GMPN" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.jakop.de/schema/GMPN etc/schemas/GMPN.xsd">

• Add the following lines at the same place:
  <net id="0" netclass="SCPN" xmlns="http://pdv.cs.tu-berlin.de/TimeNET/schema/SCPN" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://pdv.cs.tu-berlin.de/TimeNET/schema/SCPN etc/schemas/SCPN.xsd">

eDSPN models

• Remove the following text (multiple lines) in the beginning of the XML file:
  <net id="0" netclass="eDSPN" xmlns="http://www.jakop.de/schema/eDSPN" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.jakop.de/schema/eDSPN etc/schemas/eDSPN.xsd">

• Add the following lines at the same place:
  <net id="0" netclass="eDSPN" xmlns="http://pdv.cs.tu-berlin.de/TimeNET/schema/eDSPN" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://pdv.cs.tu-berlin.de/TimeNET/schema/eDSPN etc/schemas/eDSPN.xsd">

Upgrading from TimeNET 3.x

TimeNET 4.0 allows to import and export models in the old .TN format. After loading a model in the old .TN format it is automatically converted to the new XML format. The internal analysis modules for eDSPN models still use the old .TN format, into which it is possible to export model files.

It is not possible to load models in the .NET format of TimeNET 3.0. Such models must be converted to the .TN format first.