Problems with XMI import from Umbrello

[sacripantina]

Hi,

EA 13.5 (via Crossover 17.1 on a Mac) appears to import some models saved in XMI by Umbrello. The models were originally produced by an old version of Rational Rose; Umbrello Version 2.14.3 (using KDE Development Platform 4.14.3) imports the original .mdl files produced by Rose correctly, i.e. it reproduces all the classes and their relationships, and all the class diagrams included in the original Rose models. From Umbrello I save the models as XMI, which I then import into EA, but the imported models appear incomplete: class diagrams are missing, inheritance between classes is preserved, but other relationships present in the original models (aggregations, associations etc.) have disappeared.

As I suspected that this could be a problem with XMI saving in Umbrello, I opened the same XMI files in Umbrello, where I retrieved all the relationships that were missing when I opened them in EA.

Could anybody suggest me how to solve this problem? BTW, I do not need Umbrello at all, I only want to find a way to import the orignal Rational Rose models (.mdl) into EA.

Thank you in advance for any help,

Maria Grazia

[qwerty]

I guess, this is related to the similar RR question you posted recently. Same answer here. And avoid duplicate posting...

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[sacripantina]

This was not a duplicate posting.

They are two different problems and concern unrelated models, produced by different people in different projects several years apart. Umbrello is able to import the XMI files and to reproduce the features that were in the models they originate from, including associations, aggregations etc., while EA is not. The problem does not appear to be intrinsically in the XMI files, but in the way EA handles them.

Best regards,
Maria Grazia Pia

[qwerty]

EA has a couple of import options (use the Other XML Formats button). You need to try which one works. If non works (XMI is not really a "standard" as it's open to vendor specific parts which of course can only in few circumstances be understood by competing products). If none works you might contact Sparx support, but don't hold your breath...

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