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skelesp

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Documentation ID (autogenerated??)
« on: August 07, 2013, 06:58:32 pm »
Hi

In the XML of an MDG technology, every documentation-tag has an id-attribute.

<Documentation id="4C9380A5-0" name="BPMN2.0P" version="1.5" alias="BPMN2.0P" notes="MDG Technology for BPMN 2.0p - customised model for BPM Team"/>

Is this id-attribute autogenerated? Can I just change it? For what purpose is it used inside EA?

Thanks for the info!

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Re: Documentation ID (autogenerated??)
« Reply #1 on: August 07, 2013, 08:23:16 pm »
The id is used internally to EA. You can set it freely but it needs to be unique among MDGs. Once you change the id the MDG is treated as "something else" and elements created from a former version are no longer recognized as being part of the MDG.

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Re: Documentation ID (autogenerated??)
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2013, 10:15:54 pm »
So if I understand correctly, the subsequent version of an MDG will all have the same id.

I'm making a customised version of an MDG, so it's probably better to keep the original id?
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Re: Documentation ID (autogenerated??)
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2013, 10:21:42 pm »
If customization means addition/augmenting then yes. If it were deletion then no. Profile migration is not easy. Doing that manually is error prone. Doing it automatically needs profound knowledge of EA's internals. The best is to design a profile right and thoroughly from the beginning and not to change it afterwards.

If you want to extend an existing MDG you should do that as extension. Modifying the original ones might infringe copyrights.

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Re: Documentation ID (autogenerated??)
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2013, 10:54:00 pm »
I just need to added some elements/tagged values to the model in order to make it work for my company. I'm working on a copy of the original MDG. So I don't think I'm infringing copyrights?

I don't think it's worth the effort to create a new MDG from scratch...
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Re: Documentation ID (autogenerated??)
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2013, 11:27:14 pm »
I'm not the holder of the copyright. And if I were to change a MDG I would not care doing that for personal use. But if you're working for a company you should probably read the copyright notice and take it seriously. It's you being shot first if something bad happens.

Maybe you can ask the copyright holder to modify the MDG for company local purposes.

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Re: Documentation ID (autogenerated??)
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2013, 11:38:37 pm »
Ok, thanks for the info. I will contact the copyright holder.

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