As per my last post I got the clue to understand ATP Splitability feature of AUTOSAR. But I don't find any link how the splitability is presented in an arxml file. Any info on this? Because this aplitability is a stereotype and has present in annotated format. currently I am lacking the info on how the stereotype elements looks inside an AUTOSAR ARXML or arxml file.
The stereotype isn't represented at all in an ARXML file. The stereotype just indicates to creators of an AUTOSAR tool that tools loading the model shall accept the existence of the same model element (aggregated or referenced in the stereotyped role in the meta-model) in two different ARXML files loaded into the tool.
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I want to define some constraints for my profile. For example I need a constraint for a stereotype of the metaclass "connector". I want to define that these element must have one source like the oclkindof(source) and one target like the oclkindof(target). I found some texts by using the Google search engine like http://modeling-languages.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/OCLChapter.pdf or http://www.omg.org/spec/OCL/2.0/ and other slides and papers but not the right description of OCL for me.
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How to attach OCL constraints to metamodels (e.g. via stereotypes) used to vary from tool to tool.
For your project, using the Eclipse Papyrus project should suffice, which should support what you need.
In Papyrus, you can also try out OCL queries in the console on the current UML model before you store them in the profile.
Have created the Sequence diagram using ArgoUML and exported it as XMI.
I need to identify the class,function and their relationships by parsing the XMI.
I can able to parse the class and their corresponding operation and attribute as explained in http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/x-wxxm24/#resources
Can any one help me in parsing the association role and classifier role in order to obtain their relationship?
The main thing that you need to know is that it's UML 1.4/1.5 serialized using XMI 1.2. ArgoUML uses the NetBeans UML/XMI support for writing these files, but it's been long since retired.
Good luck!
I want to represent UML models in a serialized document using the most standard conventions available. I am looking for a canonical schema document that explicitly dictates the best way to do this. I suspect that, if such a document exists, then it would be written in either XSD, RDF and OWL. So far, I have only been able to find OMG specification documents and academic papers on the subject. I have found some XSD schemas, but they only apply to a particular aspect of the implementation.
Is there a canonical document schema? Where can I find it? If not, what are the most common representation formats and where can I find their schemas?
Are there any libraries that facilitate the generation of mappings from well-formed documents of this kind to graphical representations (e.g. SVG)? The library would ideally be .NET compatible, but this is not a requirement.
Are you looking for XMI (XML Metadata Interchange)? It's an OMG spec for XML representations of UML models; the current version appears to be 2.4.1, and the spec page links to two XSD schema documents.
In theory, XMI should answer part of your first question. XMI is not, however, without perils. From my own experience trying to achieve exactly the same, I would think that the first thing to do is to understand what others did about it, and how these standard documents would be used. These days I would suggest a system setup that involves IBM RSA and Sparx Enterprise Architect (eval versions available, registration may be required, and I am not affiliated with any of these companies). Build at least one comprehensive UML model which would give you the coverage you need, in one tool, then use the XMI export/import function to move the model between them. See what happens. Take a look at a company such as this (the makers of TOOLBUS, not affiliated with them) and think how XMI should affect their business model, and yet it seems that it doesn't...
I would think that success is achievable, but may prove feasible for a (very) narrow scope - scoping is key here.
As for the second part, I don't think you're going to find it, particularly for .NET.
XMI is the keyword you need. But XMI specifies only the document format. It does specify the document structure or contents. The UML metamodel does this. A library which does both for you is org.eclipse.uml2 - it implements the UML 2.4 metamodel and allows to store and restore it in XMI. IBM RSA uses this library as well. As several other Java Tools do.
I'm not aware of a UML2 implementation in a .NET language.
We have an application that generates a XSD file that represents database tables.
I now need to convert the XSD in to a UML model. This will allow clients to change the model using a modelling tool (such as Magicdraw, RSA, Eclipse, ct) and then run another of our tools to generate other artifacts.
How can I convert from XSD to UML ?
We own MagicDraw so I was looking in to the Transformations functionality that should do this for me but for some reason I can't import the XSD, although it is valid.
I'm also confused when it talks about XML Schemas and XMI format. How do these differ from my XSD file?
Thanks.
Sarah
The best tool that I have found for this purpose is the XML modelling tool. Its been a while since it was updated, but it works. I blogged about it at Modelling wsdl as uml
There are some tools able to transform XML schemas into UML diagrams (see a list here, read the comments in the post) but the XML/XMI import of MagicDraw (and in general of any other UML tool) will not work in your schema since they expect a specific type of XML file (XMI format) which is the standard used to provide a XML-based definition of a UML model.
That is, XMI files are used to store UML models in XML and they follow a predefined XSD. In theory UML tools should be able to exchange UML models stored in XMI but unfortunately, this "model once open anywhere" is not true (but this is another story)
You can try to use the Eclipse Dali plugin which would generate a java code directly from your database. Once you get the code you can reverse into UML.
From UML to database you could try to add java persistence annotations in your code coming from your UML class diagram. When you have the annotated code then try hibernate to create your database.
This would do the job but having multiple layers means that you loose tracability between your original data model and UML and back. This is called the pojo cycle.
I designed a data model which is represented by an XSD scheme.
The data model also provides the types that are being used as web service parameters in a WSDL descriptor.
I would like to send the XSD scheme around and ask the people involved to peer review the data model.
What tool or presentation method would you suggest to be used as a basis for peer reviews? The data model should be readable for non-skilled people, at least when it comes to the semantic meanings of the parameters
Edit:
To be more specific: Of course, syntactically, the scheme validates. Actually I'm already working on code which is based on JAXB generated classes. My goal is
to freeze the data model and thus
the input parameters
to make sure
nothing got lost or forgotten from a
semantic (in the meaning of
business-relevant) point of view.
Edit 2
I've been thinking about how it probably would be best to spread a datamodel around. I'm thinking of something like a JavaDoc for XSD schemas. Anyone knows if something like that exists? Basically it would be done with a set of XSLTs, right?
I know the following tools that generate documentation from XML Schema files (XSD):
xs3p
XSLT stylesheet that generates single XHTML from XSD
xsddoc
free / LGPL
mainly XSLT based
JavaDoc like output
see xsddoc examples
xnsdoc
improved commercial version of xsddoc
free for personal/educational use
JavaDoc like output
XSDdoc 2.0
commercial
JavaDoc like output
For small a XML schema, I would probably suggest using the xs3p XSLT stylesheet. For more a complex schema, I suggest using xsddoc.
I recommend using the XSD for something. Specifically, show some actual applications, with examples as real code.
Actual applications are what make a schema interesting. The examples don't have to be big, sophisticated or completely realistic. They just have to compile. Other people will want to copy and paste the code samples.
These examples are the "hello world" of the schema. And they act as a kind of unit test for the schema.
The closest thing to Javadoc for an XML schema that I've seen is running the Javadoc tool on source generated from the schema. This requires two things: 1) That your schema has internal annotation elements documenting it, and that 2) your source generator uses those annotations as Javadoc elements.
The very useful Oxygen XML developer also supports generating documentation, see
http://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_schema_documentation.html
(commercial, but there's a fully functional 30 day trial available)
I'll try it out now, need a simple way to generate a document with all types and available xsd:documentation description as a simple interface description...
** Disclosure : I work for Innovasys, the producer of the documentation tool mentioned below *
You could take a look at Innovasys Document! X. As well as automatically generating a structured and linked page for every element, simple type, complex type, group and attribute group it will also generate linked XSD diagrams (including sequences/choice etc.) and structure tables that include the annotations from your XSDs and make sense of the relationships between the elements in your schemas. The output is template based so you can adapt it to your preferred style and structure. It will build output to web ready html or compiled help files.
Uniquely it also includes a WYSIWYG editor that allows you author additional content to supplement the stuff that's automatically generated and the annotations from the XSD source - so you can provide additional contextual information for your peer review. There is also a Community Extensions feature that allows people viewing the generated output to record comments and feedback and that can be viewed and actioned directly from within Document! X.