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Distributed Development

Enterprise Architect supports distributed development using two different techniques.

 

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Replication

Enables geographically separated analysts to update and modify parts of the model in replicas, then merge these back together at a central location.

 

Replication

XMI Import/Export

Use XMI-based import/export to export discrete packages to XML to share among the development team; this has several benefits over replication:

You can assemble a model from only the parts necessary to get your job done
You can assemble a full model if required
You can assemble a model from different package versions for different purposes (such as customer visible, internal release only)
You can roll-back parts of a model as required
There is less chance of 'collisions' between developers if each works on a discrete package
The process is controllable using a version control system, or through package control

 

XMI based import/export is UML1.3 / XMI1.1 compliant; you can also write XML based tools to manipulate and extract information from XML files to enhance the development process.

XMI-based Import/Export is accessed through Project | Model Import/Export.

 

Import/Export

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Version Control

Controlled Packages

 

 

 

XMI Import Export Options