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  1. OMG Issue

SYSML21 — Inconsistent graphical notation for dependencies

  • Key: SYSML21-295
  • Status: open  
  • Source: Aerospace Corporation ( Mr. Ryan Noguchi)
  • Summary:

    Annotations and successions are consistently represented with short dashes in both the graphical examples in Clause 7 and the graphical BNF. However, the specification does not consistently depict the dashed lines that are used in dependencies and related relationships.

    DEPENDENCIES:
    Table 1 "Dependency" - long dashes
    Table 1 "Dependency - nary" - medium dashes
    8.2.3.3 binary-dependency - short dashes
    8.2.3.3 n-ary-dependency-*-link - short dashes

    IMPORTS:
    Table 3 "Import (recursive) - short dashes
    8.2.3.5 import - long dashes

    EXPOSE:
    Table 24 "Expose" - long dashes
    8.2.3.26 expose_r and *-expose-r - short dashes

    Recommend the graphical BNF and graphical examples in the tables be made consistent in showing these relationships as having long dashes. This will help users to distinguish these types of relationships from those having short dashes, e.g., successions and annotations, and would be more familiar to users having experience with UML, SysML v1, etc.

  • Reported: SysML 2.0b2 — Sun, 22 Jun 2025 00:21 GMT
  • Updated: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:35 GMT