UML 2.5 FTF Avatar
  1. OMG Issue

UML25 — Surplus classifier field serialized in Superstructure.xmi

  • Key: UML25-667
  • Legacy Issue Number: 17507
  • Status: closed  
  • Source: Dassault Systemes ( Mr. Tomas Juknevicius)
  • Summary:

    I've encountered one slight problem in the superstructure XMI file of UML2.4.1 .

    I've grabbed the ptc/2010-11-18 revision of Superstructure.xmi from here:
    http://www.omg.org/spec/UML/2.4.1/

    On examining I see that all enumeration literals contain classifier="..." field serialized; e.g.:
    > <ownedLiteral xmi:type="uml:EnumerationLiteral"
    > xmi:id="Activities-CompleteActivities-ObjectNodeOrderingKind-unordered" name="unordered"
    > classifier="Activities-CompleteActivities-ObjectNodeOrderingKind">
    There are ~62 such places in Superstructure.xmi (I've not looked into Infrastructure.xmi, but I
    think there will also be cases like this)

    Classifier metaproperty of EnumerationLiteral metaclass is derived in UML2.4.1 - per Figure 7.13 and
    chapter 7.3.17
    (EnumerationLiteral::classifier redefines the original InstanceSpecification::classifier, which is
    not derived).

    Since derived fields are not usually serialized by XMI production rules (unless this is overridden,
    which seems not to be the case),
    I think these fields should be cleaned out.

  • Reported: UML 2.4.1 — Thu, 19 Jul 2012 04:00 GMT
  • Disposition: Resolved — UML 2.5
  • Disposition Summary:

    This issue has already been resolved by, or no longer applies to, the UML 2.5 Beta 1 specification.
    Disposition: Closed - No Change

  • Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:59 GMT