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6th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications (ECMFA 2010)

marie-pierre.gerv...@lip6.fr (Marie-Pierre Gervais) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:54:23 UT

Sixth European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications
(ECMFA 2010)
(Formerly the ECMDA-FA series of conferences)

June 15-18 2010

University of Pierre & Marie Curie (UPMC), Paris, France

[link]

Co-organizers :
CEA LIST (Laboratory of technology research for software-intensive

Re: [SysML Forum] Re: Instances - an example to talk about

nsowa...@cisco.com (nsowatsk) — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:25:59 UT

Hi Ralph

Many thanks for getting back to me on this.

I would like to look at Artisan, but the Uno edition doesn't support import
of models, and I didn't get very far with a conversation with the support
people at Artisan about what version I would need to support that.

I also couldn't get any support from Artisan on some simple features like

RE: [SysML Forum] Re: Instances - an example to talk about

ralphnoel.ha...@physics.org (Ralph N Hains) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 10:39:54 UT

Ah, a much harder question. What you see is support for shallow structure
(redefinition at a shallow level), with the exception of connectors (by
drawing a connector between two ports on parts in a block you are,
*conceptually*, changing the port in the context of the block, albeit in a
limited way).

Re: [SysML Forum] Re: Instances - an example to talk about

nsowa...@cisco.com (nsowatsk) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:58:05 UT

Apologies, I should have mentioned that the attached Word document contains
the images of the models and containment tree that I am discussing, so you
don't actually need to open the model.

Regards

Nathan

Re: [SysML Forum] Re: Instances - an example to talk about

nsowa...@cisco.com (nsowatsk) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:56:03 UT

Hi Ralph

Many thanks for getting back on this.

The anomaly, if there is one, is that the model elements in question appear
in different places in the containment tree.

The parts of the Block representing the network are within the scope of the
network. I appreciate that they could be anywhere, but the convention puts

RE: [SysML Forum] Re: Ports and instances

ralphnoel.ha...@physics.org (Ralph N Hains) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:20:47 UT

Hi Nathan,

Artisan host a support forum for Uno at
[link] - should be worth a try if you
are having install problems,

Cheers,

Ralph

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RE: [SysML Forum] Re: Target of CallOperationAction

ralphnoel.ha...@physics.org (Ralph N Hains) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:09:42 UT

Hello Dragos,

Artisan recently issued a new version of Uno (7.1) which supports
"CallOperationAction" explicitly, along with other specific Activity related
types. You might want to consider upgrading if you are using the UML
Activity model in your work (or if, on a more cosmetic level, you like the

Re: Target of CallOperationAction

tagnefr...@gmail.com (Frank) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:15:33 UT

re,

Dragos : " (as a matter of fact the parameter in the operation
instance is just a text which doesn't refer to
the part)"

There is not a method to model it more formal? means not write the
name of the instance everytime.

Thanks,

Frank.

Sparx EA using Sequence Diagrams to capture linkages to requirements for operations.

ma...@adam.com.au (David M) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:22:07 UT

I am having some difficulty in sparx EA with sequence diagrams.
Sequence diagrams in EA rely on the use of operations. An operation in
my context is the same as an action in an activity diagram. The
supporting message in the operation reflects a specific message in the
related action. Ideally i want to indicated that the operation is the

RE: [SysML Forum] Instances - an example to talk about

ralphnoel.ha...@physics.org (Ralph N Hains) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:43:35 UT

Hi Nathan,

I haven't looked at your model (I don't use MagicDraw) but I can comment on
"appears to be a conceptual anomaly where the contents of the ibd are
contained by the Block that contains the ibd, with the exception of the
Ports".
There is no anomaly here - you have used the word "contains" to cover three

Alternatives to XMI format

erik.engbre...@gmail.com (Erik Engbrecht) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:22:19 UT

Are there any alternatives to the XMI format, preferably ones with
existing transforms from XMI, that represents a SysML model in a
manner that more closely resembles the structure of SysML?

I'd like to extract bits and pieces of SysML models for usage in other
tools, and I want it to be easy so that it can be done in close to an

RE: [SysML Forum] Re: Target of CallOperationAction

dobre.dra...@gmail.com (Dragos DOBRE) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:16:06 UT

Hello Frank,

I think it depends on the tool you're using to model SysML. I'm using
Artisan Studio Uno (it's free) and here when you create an operation you can
add parameters. For each parameter you can assign the type of the parameter
which can be a block (Wheel for you). When you do a CallOperationAction (I

RE: [SysML Forum] Interfaces usage

wadlerdan...@hotmail.com (Daniel Wadler) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:42:55 UT

if i understand correctly, the port cannot "provide" a service, rather it defines a point of interaction with the block.
the block must provide the service.
the block should inheret the same interface that is "provided" by the port, and should either include an implementation of the service, or an allocation to a sub-block.

Interfaces usage

dobre.dra...@gmail.com (Dragos DOBRE) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:55:34 UT

Hello,

I have tried to understand the use of Interfaces on standard ports and I
even use them to provide or require operations (as in Interfaces we define
the operations). What I didn’t understand is why in an Sequence Diagram it
is not possible to use these operations in order to describe the system’s

Re: Target of CallOperationAction

tagnefr...@gmail.com (Frank) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:59:33 UT

Firstly, thanks for u answers. i try it, but i didn't find how to
choose a part of my system as parameter in SysML.the only things that
is available is Enumeration as Instance value and user-defined value.
i fear that isn't possible.

How to select the reigthFrontWheel part already design in my model?