Howto properly document element relations (RTF)

[marcel_str]

I would like to document all links to an element, but not document the element itself. This is the way I'm trying:


[highlight]element >[/highlight]
Element {Element.Name} targets Element: [highlight]connector >[/highlight][highlight]target >element >[/highlight]{Element.Name}
[highlight]< element< target< connector[/highlight]
[highlight]< element[/highlight]


Problem here is that the RTF generator just takes a connector which is attached to the element, and documents its source or target (depending on the section chosen). That way you always end-up with the element being linked to... itself.

To clarify:

Element a (source) has an association with element B (target). Documenting all connector targets of elements A and B ends up nicely telling:

Element A targets: Element B

But for Element B it says:

Element B targets: Element B

And that's not what I want. Element B doesn't target anything, it only has a connector connected with it's target point to it.

Hope you can help

[Ian Mitchell]

I think with eaDocX you could create a profile for Element_A (type) so that it doesn't print any of its own attributes, just those of the relationships it has with other Element_Bs. Make sure you specify the direction of the connector as 'Normal' i.e. source-> target.