Hi,
it is very tedious to model every concept on multiple abstraction levels.
E.g. in project EAExample the concept "Line Item" is represented by 4 model elements:
1. in "Business Domain Model"/"Domain Model" - by <entity> "Line Item"
2. in "System Model"/" Analysis"/"Customer Order" - by <entity> "Line Item"
3. in "System Model"/"Design Model"/"Abstract Class Model (PIM)" - by "LineItem"
4. in "System Model"/"Implementation Model"/{"C# Model" | "Java Model"} - by "LineItem"
According to the usual project template a further representation would be needed
5. in "Data Model"/"Schema1" - as <table> LINE_ITEM
Question:
Is there a way to reduce the manual work that is needed to enter multiple representing element for every single concept?
One solution cound be a tool which copies an abstract "master" model (e.g. the domain model)
into a more specific "dependent" model (e.g. the analysis model) as the base for further enhancement and refinement.
Another task is to keep different models in sync. This could be supported by a tool which detects elements in the
high level master model which are not included in a dependent more specific model.
If an elements of a high level model should intentionally be omitted in a dependent model,
this decision should be stored in the dependent model (like ignore in subversion/Turtoise).
The elements in a dependent model should be automatically related to its corresponding element in the master model (via an implementation/realisation link).
Are there plug-ins or other tools to achive this (model copying and model level syncing) support?
Thanks in advance,
Mick
