Reuseable Asset Service

Within a large organization, groups of users - such as model developers - can be separated by geographical distance and/or being on different networks. This can make it difficult to share common data, standards and modeling structures easily, without the complexity of using external version control tools or manually distributing XMI files between projects. However, within Enterprise Architect the Reusable Asset Service (RAS) provides a simple and convenient mechanism for modelers to distribute or download reusable model structures, information, corporate directives and standards, through a shared repository, accessible via a Cloud Service connection. The person who sets up the reusable data can retain ownership and management of the resource - or asset - whilst their distant colleagues can quickly review the currency of the information and download the latest versions into their models or file folders.

The RAS gives distributed teams convenient access to a single 'source of truth'  for shared data, including project milestones, architectural frameworks and industry standards.

Reusable Assets

Reusable Assets consist of:

An asset can be, for example:

Storage Structure and Use

Reusable Assets are held in a remote registry, accessed through a Cloud Service connection. The registry contains any number of Storages, which can be left unprotected for any user to create, or change-restricted by an Administrator password. Each Storage can contain any number of Asset Packages holding modeling structures, and files containing textual or graphical information and data. When a user creates a Storage, they can protect the contents from being updated in the Registry or downloaded into a model, using password protection defined by that user.

For each Package, the RAS automatically identifies the:

Any user, regardless of password protection, can freely browse and identify the contents of a Package held in a Storage - including displaying the diagrams - without importing the material into a model. A user that has imported an Asset Package into their model can compare their model Package against any version of the Asset Package, to check for and assess any differences between them.

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