[Uml-devel] Sharing designs, Folders, 3rd Party imports

[Oliver Kellogg]

On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 14:35, Larry Weisberg wrote:
> [...]  In the meantime is there somewhere that I can read a
>  (preferably brief and clear) explanation of the XMI format
>  used for Umbrello?  

Well, I'd say the OMG XMI standard doesn't exactly make for
entertaining literature ;-)  A Google search should bring up
more readable stuff...

Actually, the format isn't that complicated.

Best thing is, make a small model with a diagram, and see for
yourself -

In general there are three sections: <XMI.header>, <XMI.content>,
and <XMI.extensions>.

If you are interested in the model objects, look at <XMI.content>.
If you are interested in the diagrams or code generation, look at
<XMI.extensions>.

The referencing of model objects amongst each other, and the
referencing of diagram objects to model objects, is all done using
the xmi.id's.

HTH

Oliver