Import cmof-file

[Viking]

Hi,

I tried to import the BPMN-specification from https://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100501/BPMN20.cmof into EA. This does not work.

I learned that a work-around is to import cmof into StarUML, export an XMI-file and import it into EA. But I cannot import the file into StarUML either.

Any suggestions? Maybe I did not understand the cmof-file, but it seems to contain the BPMN-model as XMI.

V.

[Viking]

From https://www.omg.org/ocup-2/documents/Meta-ModelingAndtheMOF.pdf:

"any UML modeling tool can be used to model metadata more easily".

I wonder, why these tools are not able to import mof-files and create the corresponding viewpoints.

[Glassboy]

From https://www.omg.org/ocup-2/documents/Meta-ModelingAndtheMOF.pdf: "any UML modeling tool can be used to model metadata more easily".

I wonder, why these tools are not able to import mof-files and create the corresponding viewpoints.

In my experience OMG seems to hand-roll a lot of their files.

[Eve]

I can import the file by specifying that it is UML instead of CMOF.

Replace	With
xmlns:cmof="http://schema.omg.org/spec/MOF/2.0/cmof.xml"	xmlns:uml="http://www.omg.org/spec/UML/20131001"
cmof:	uml:

Yes, modeling of MOF is possible in EA and any tool that allows modeling of UML. Doesn't mean that the export/import functionality is identical.

[Geert Bellekens]

I can import the file by specifying that it is UML instead of CMOF.

Replace	With
xmlns:cmof="http://schema.omg.org/spec/MOF/2.0/cmof.xml"	xmlns:uml="http://www.omg.org/spec/UML/20131001"
cmof:	uml:

Yes, modeling of MOF is possible in EA and any tool that allows modeling of UML. Doesn't mean that the export/import functionality is identical.

That works perfectly for me.
Thanks Eve

Geert

[Viking]

I can import the file by specifying that it is UML instead of CMOF.

Replace	With
xmlns:cmof="http://schema.omg.org/spec/MOF/2.0/cmof.xml"	xmlns:uml="http://www.omg.org/spec/UML/20131001"
cmof:	uml:

Yes, modeling of MOF is possible in EA and any tool that allows modeling of UML. Doesn't mean that the export/import functionality is identical.

Many, many thanks, Eve. You saved my day.

I changed all cmof entries with uml. Is that correct?