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  1. OMG Issue

UMLR — there are numerous places where associations between UML elements have only one, navigable role

  • Key: UMLR-170
  • Legacy Issue Number: 13908
  • Status: open  
  • Source: PTC ( Phillip Astle)
  • Summary:

    In the specification there are numerous places where associations between UML elements have only one, navigable role. This seriously restricts the ability of derived properties that are added as part of a profile. Though most tool vendors implement bi-directional relationships for everything anyway, this doesn't help at all when you're trying to define the implementation of the derived property (i.e. tag), as part of a property. It is my belief that all associations in UML should be bi-directional to support a method of non-ambiguous definition. A couple of obvious examples are: 1. Navigating from a realizing relationship to a realized InformationFlow. 2. Navigating from an ActivityEdge to an Action via a Pin.

  • Reported: UML 2.1.2 — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 04:00 GMT
  • Updated: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 20:57 GMT