Model specifications

Our UML model is the source we use to generate the source code of our connector in various programming languages thanks to "model to text transformation" (M2T).

We have defined a UML model to use the DFC ontology within an application.

UML profile

Stereotypes

Stereotype	Range	Description
property	Property	Marks a class variable. Attributes: getter, setter. The two attributes both target an operation of the model. The getter attribute should point to the operation responsible to get the value of the class variable. The setter attribute should point to the operation responsible to set the value of the class variable.
propertyMultiple	Property	Marks a model property used to define a class variable that is a collection. Attributes: getter, setter, adder, remover. The getter and setter are inherited from the property stereotype. The adder attribute should point to the operation responsible to add a value to the class variable. The remover attribute should point to the operation responsible to remove a value of the class variable.
constructor	Operation	Marks a constructor method.
initializer	Parameter	Marks a parameter used to initialize the value of a class variable. This stereotype should be applied on constructor parameters. Attributes: property. The property attribute should point to the class variable the parameter will initialize.
initializerParent	Parameter	Marks a parameter used to initialize the value of a parent class variable. This stereotype should be applied on constructor parameters. Attributes: property. The property attribute should point to the class variable the parameter will initialize.
getter	Operation	Marks an operation used to get the value of a class variable.
setter	Operation	Marks an operation used to set the value of a class variable.
adder	Operation	Marks an operation used to add a value to a class variable.
remover	Operation	Marks an operation used to remove a value from a class variable.
semantic	Element	Marks an element mapped to a term of an ontology. Attributes: map. The map attribute should contain the URI of the mapped ontology term.
blankNode	Class , Interface	Marks a class or interface as a blank node.
skosBroader	Property	Marks. Attributes: map. The map attribute should contain the URI of the mapped SKOS term.

Interfaces

To be written.

Classes

To be written.