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| Re: Model or package as root element [message #809216 is a reply to message #800012] |
Tue, 28 February 2012 15:53   |
 Kenn Hussey
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Michael,
Existence of the Model type is somewhat historical and not really well
realized in UML. Its original intent was to represent a view of elements
owned by various packages (thus the 'viewpoint' property), but because a
model actually owns all of its packaged elements (by virtue of being a
Package) instead of simply referencing them, it's not all that useful.
Technically, one need not use Model instances at all, since a Package
can be used as the root of a given element hierarchy. It's common
practice, however, to use a Model as the root of a given model, for
several reasons, among them being:
- it helps distinguish the model from a profile
- many tools have adopted this convention
- a number of standard stereotypes (e.g., Metamodel and SystemModel) are
only applicable to models
Kenn
On 12-02-16 10:23 AM, Michael Bob wrote:
> Hi,
>
> can anybody tell me what is the difference between model and package as
> root element of a UML model?
>
> In most cases packages are used, also when creating a new model using
> the wizard, the package is marked as default.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
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| Re: Model or package as root element [message #814335 is a reply to message #809216] |
Tue, 06 March 2012 10:18 |
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Michael,
Kenn's comment is perfect. Just as an addition: A model (with a cerrain
viewpoint) can also be used as kind of a semantic/methodological
substructure of your model. The 'viewpoint' property is the only difference
to a package, so it can be used as kind of a methodology-dependent
meta-information to, as one example, indicate that allow only a certain
element type should be contained by the model.
For example, I myself use a Model with viewpoint 'requirements' to have a
fix location where possible requirements are stored. The viewpoint
information can also be exploited for a later consistency check... if there
is any requirement, which is not directly or indirectly contained in a Model
with viewpoint 'requirements' an error message would be displayed.
Marc-Florian
"Kenn Hussey" schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:jiit93$kmk$1@news.eclipse.org...
Michael,
Existence of the Model type is somewhat historical and not really well
realized in UML. Its original intent was to represent a view of elements
owned by various packages (thus the 'viewpoint' property), but because a
model actually owns all of its packaged elements (by virtue of being a
Package) instead of simply referencing them, it's not all that useful.
Technically, one need not use Model instances at all, since a Package
can be used as the root of a given element hierarchy. It's common
practice, however, to use a Model as the root of a given model, for
several reasons, among them being:
- it helps distinguish the model from a profile
- many tools have adopted this convention
- a number of standard stereotypes (e.g., Metamodel and SystemModel) are
only applicable to models
Kenn
On 12-02-16 10:23 AM, Michael Bob wrote:
> Hi,
>
> can anybody tell me what is the difference between model and package as
> root element of a UML model?
>
> In most cases packages are used, also when creating a new model using
> the wizard, the package is marked as default.
>
> Regards,
>
> Michael
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