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Publish Model Package
The Publish Model Package facility is used to export a package to various XML formats, including XMI 1.1, XMI 2.1, ArcGIS and BPMN 2.0 XML.
Access Click on a package in Project Browser, then:
Project | Model Publisher
Project | Model Import/Export | Export Package to XMI File: Publish
Extensions | Publish | <XML Format Type>
Right-click | Import/Export | Export Package to XMI File: Publish
Use to
| • | Export BPMN 2.0 models to BPMN 2.0 XML |
| • | Export Enterprise Architect model elements to Rational Rose and other tools that implement the: |
| • | UML 1.3 XMI 1.1 / XMI 1.0 standard |
| • | UML1.4 XMI 1.2 standard, or |
| • | UML 2.x XMI 2.x standard |
Reference
On the Publish Model Package dialog:
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Root Package |
Displays the name of the selected package.
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Filename |
Type in or browse for the file path into which the XML file is to be generated.
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XML Type |
Select the XML/XMI version to which to export the package.
The selected version might render some of the following eight options unavailable.
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Export Diagrams |
Export all the diagrams in the selected package.
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Export Alternate Images |
Export the alternate images used in the diagrams in the selected package.
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Format XML Output |
Format the output into readable XML (this takes a few more seconds at the end of the run).
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Write Log File |
Write a log of the export activity (recommended). The log file is saved to the directory into which the XML file is exported.
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Use DTD |
Use the XMI DTD when exporting to XMI 1.0 or XMI 1.1. Setting this option validates the correctness of the model and checks that no syntactical errors have occurred.
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Exclude EA Extensions |
Exclude tool-specific information from the export.
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Unisys/Rose Format |
Export in Unisys/Rose compatible XMI format.
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Generate Diagram Images |
Generate the exported diagrams in the format you select from the Format drop-down list. The generated diagrams are saved in a package called Images in the directory into which the XML file is exported.
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Stylesheet |
Select an XSL Stylesheet to post-process the XML content before saving to file (optional). You can post-process the XML content before saving the package to file, using an XSLT to convert the output to HTML, XSL, code or other versions of XML; to do this, you must import the required style sheet into the project through the Resources window.
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View XML |
View the exported XML file.
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Export |
Initiate XML export.
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Close |
Close this dialog.
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Help |
Display this Help topic.
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Progress |
Indicate the progress of the XML export.
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Notes
| • | When exporting and importing with XMI 1.0 with Enterprise Architect, some loss of data occurs due to the limitations of XMI 1.0 |
| • | In the Corporate, Business and Software Engineering, System Engineering and Ultimate editions of Enterprise Architect, if security is enabled you must have Export XMI permission to export to XML |
| • | When you select to apply a Data Type Definition (DTD) during an XMI 1.1 export, the UML_EA.DTD file is written to the output directory into which the XML files are written (unless the UML_EA.DTD file is already present in the directory); no error is generated if the UML_EA.DTD file is not present in this directory during the XMI export |
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