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Model Type Definition

The Model Type definition XML is stored in the Model Description property of a Model Type.

XML Element Structure

<MODELTYPE>

<NODEMAPPING>

<ARCHITYPE></ARCHITYPE>
<VISUALTYPE></VISUALTYPE>

<ADDITIONALMAPPINGINFO>

<ATTRIBUTE>         

<ATTRIBNAME></ATTRIBNAME>
<ATTRIBVALUE></ATTRIBVALUE>

</ATTRIBUTE>

<RELTYPE>            

<RELTYPENAME></RELTYPENAME>
<TARGETTYPE></TARGETTYPE>
<TARGETITEMNAME></TARGETITEMNAME>

</RELTYPE>

</ADDITIONALMAPPINGINFO>

<NODETYPEATTRIBUTES>

<NODETYPEATTRIBUTE>       

<ARCHIATTRIBUTE></ARCHIATTRIBUTE>
<VISUALATTRIBUTE></VISUALATTRIBUTE>
<ATTRIBUTETYPE></ATTRIBUTETYPE>

</NODETYPEATTRIBUTE>

</NODETYPEATTRIBUTES>

</NODEMAPPING>

<RELMAPPING>

<ARCHIRELTYPE></ARCHIRELTYPE>
<VISUALTYPE></VISUALTYPE>
<VISUALDIRECTION></VISUALDIRECTION>
<FROMARCHINODETYPE></FROMARCHINODETYPE>
<TOARCHINODETYPE></TOARCHINODETYPE>

<RELTYPEATTRIBUTES>

<RELTYPEATTRIBUTE>

<ARCHIATTRIBUTE></ARCHIATTRIBUTE>
<VISUALATTRIBUTE></VISUALATTRIBUTE>
<ATTRIBUTETYPE></ATTRIBUTETYPE>

</RELTYPEATTRIBUTE>

</RELTYPEATTRIBUTES>

</RELMAPPING>

</MODELTYPE>

XML Tag details (alphabetical list)

ADDITIONALMAPPINGINFO

Definition

Optionally defines additional information required to map from a Visual Type to an Archi Type based either on the value of the property of the Archi Type, or the existence of a relationship  to a specified item of a related Archi type

Part of

(NODEMAPPING)

Contains

(RELTYPE)

(ATTRIBUTE)

Attributes

None

ATTRIBUTE

Definition

Defines the value of a specified property on an Archi Type used when mapping many Visual Types to a single Archi Type. Each specified value of the property will map to a different Visual Type. 

Part of

(ADDITIONALMAPPINGINFO)

Contains

(EMPTY)

Attributes

ATTRIBNAME

Name of an attribute on an Archi Type

ATTRIBVALUE

Value of the attribute

MODELTYPE

Definition

Defines the mapping between a Visual model and elements in the Archi meta-model

Contains

(NODEMAPPING+, RELMAPPING*)

NODEMAPPING

Definition

Defines the mapping between nodes in the Visual model and nodes in the Archi meta-model

Part of

(MODELTYPE)

Contains

(ADDITIONALMAPPINGINFO*)

(NODETYPEATTRIBUTES*)

Attributes

ARCHITYPE

Definition

Name of a type as defined in the Archi meta-model

Required

True

Values

Any Archi node type defined in the Archi meta-model

VISUALTYPE

Definition

Name of a type as defined in the Visual Modeling tool (the Master shape in the case of Visio)

Required

True

Values

Any valid name of a type as defined in the Visual Modeling tool (the Master shape in the case of Visio)

NODETYPEATTRIBUTE

Definition

Defines the mapping between a property of a node type in the Visual model and a property of the corresponding node in the Archi meta-model

Part of

(NODETYPEATTRIBUTES)

Contains

(EMPTY)

Attributes

ARCHIATTRIBUTE

Definition

Name of a property defined in the Archi meta-model

Required

True

Values

Any legal property of the relevant node type as defined in the Archi meta-model

VISUALATTRIBUTE

Definition

Name of a custom property defined in the Visual Modeling tool (a shape custom property in Visio)

Required

True

Values

A named property of the relevant type as defined in the Visual Modeling tool (the Master shape in the case of Visio)

ATTRIBUTETYPE

Definition

The property type of the ARCHIATTRIBUTE as defined in the Archi meta-model

Required

True

Values

A legal Archi property type

NODETYPEATTRIBUTES

Definition

Container for one or more NODETYPEATTRIBUTE tags

Part of

(NODEMAPPING)

Contains

(NODETYPEATTRIBUTE+)

Attributes

None

RELMAPPING

Definition

Defines the mapping of a relationship in a Visual model to a relationship in the Archi meta-model

Part of

(NODEMAPPING)

Contains

(RELTYPEATTRIBUTES)

Attributes

ARCHIRELTYPE

Definition

Name of a relationship type defined in the Archi meta-model

Required

            True

Values

Any relationship type defined in the Archi meta-model 

VISUALTYPE

Definition

Name of a type of shape used to represent the relationship as defined in the Visual Modeling tool (the Master shape in the case of Visio)

Required

            True

Values

Any type of shape defined in the Visual Modeling Tool 

VISUALDIRECTION

Definition

Specification of the direction of the relationship mapping definition

Required

False. If omitted, NORMAL is assumed

Values

NORMAL or INVERSE

FROMARCHINODETYPE

Definition

Name of the node type from which the relationship originates (source node type), as defined in the Archi meta-model

Required

False. Only required if the relationship type can exist between more than two types in the model. In that case, a separate RELMAPPING element may be included for each instance of the relationship type on the model type

Values

Any Archi node type defined in the Archi meta-model as being a legal source of the ARCHIRELTYPE 

TOARCHINODETYPE

Definition

Name of the node type at which the relationship terminates (target node type), as defined in the Archi meta-model

Required

False, unless FROMARCHINODETYPE is specified

Values

Any Archi node type defined in the Archi meta-model as being a legal target of the ARCHIRELTYPE 

RELTYPE

Definition

Defines the identity of a related item of an Archi Type used when mapping many Visual Types to a single Archi Type. Each specified related item will map to a different Visual Type.

Part of

(ADDITIONALMAPPINGINFO)

Contains

(EMPTY)

Attributes

RELTYPENAME

Definition

Name of a relationship defined in the Archi meta-model

Required

True

Values

Any relationship type defined in the Archi meta-model

TARGETTYPE

Definition

Name of a type defined as a legal target of RELTYPENAME in the Archi meta-model

Required

True

Values

Any Archi node type defined in the Archi meta-model as being a legal target of the ARCHIRELTYPE

TARGETITEMNAME

Definition

Identity of an Archi item of TARGETTYPE

Required

True

Values

Any valid identifier of an Archi Item

RELTYPEATTRIBUTE

Definition

Defines the mapping between a property of a relationship type in the Visual model and a property of the info node on the corresponding relationship type in the Archi meta-model

Part of

(RELTYPEATTRIBUTES)

Contains

(EMPTY)

Attributes

ARCHIATTRIBUTE

Definition

Name of a property defined in the Archi meta-model

Required

            True

Values

Any legal property of the relevant node type as defined in the Archi meta-model

VISUALATTRIBUTE

Definition

Name of a custom property defined in the Visual Modeling tool (a shape custom property in Visio)

Required

            True

Values

A named property of the relevant type as defined in the Visual Modeling tool (the Master shape in the case of Visio)

ATTRIBUTETYPE

Definition

The property type of the ARCHIATTRIBUTE as defined in the Archi meta-model

Required

            True

Values

A legal Archi property type  

RELTYPEATTRIBUTES

Definition

Container for one or more RELTYPEATTRIBUTE tags

Part of

(RELMAPPING)

Contains

(RELETYPEATTRIBUTE+)

Attributes

None