EA-Connector to element feature - UML compatible?

[Frank Horn]

As far as I understand linking an association (end) to an attribute of a classifier indicates that you are using this attribute as the association end.

I haven't inspected the xmi output of an association that is linked to an attribute, but I surely hope the xmi reflects this.

Geert, in XMI 2.1 it certainly doesn't.

But then I think what you are talking about is something different. When you have defined an association, you can type a name for a role, and then the role will not be associated to an attribute, it will just have a name. But instead of typing you can also choose an attribute from the combo box, and this will result in the association being linked to an attribute the way you understand it.

EA's new "link to element" feature is something different altogether. It's a Sparxs specific extension and nothing else. You can do both things for the same role, actually, and with differnet attributes.

[Geert Bellekens]

Would be interesting to hear Sparx's point of view on how this relates to UML then.

Geert