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B Annex: Legal Information

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A exposedEnd 65, 89
addLink 266 expression 80
addLinkBefore 267 externalize 75
addValue 257
addValueAt 258 F
addValueBefore 258 Feature 56
aggregation 72 findElementsByType 47
AggregationType 98 findElementsByTypeExtended 50
all_links 265 findRequiredElement 42, 43
allObjects 213, 217, 225, 227, 255 Format 1 199
allSupertypes 50 Format 2 199, 200
annotation 41
Annotation Template 245 G
Architecture, four layer metamodel 9 GeneralizableElement type 48
Association 69 GeneralizableElement-Generalizes-GeneralizableElement 86
Association Template 214 Generation Rules for Collection Kinds 200
Associations 34 getAssociation 269
Attribute Template 222 getClassRef 269
Attributes 31 getNestedPackage 270
B I
BehavioralFeature 66 Identifier Format 1 199
Identifier Format 2 199, 200
C Identifier Name Scoping 202
Class 54 Identifier Naming 198
Class Template 209 IDL for the Reflective Interfaces v, 270
Collection Kinds 200 IDL mapping 161
Common Exceptions 183 immediate_containing_package 252
Complex bindings 6 Import 76
Constant Template 243 Import-Aliases-Namespace 91
constrainedElement 93 imported 92
constrainedElements 81 importedNamespace 77
Constraint 79, 93 importer 92
Constraint Template 245 Information management scenarios 6
Constraint-Constrains-ModelElement 92 Interface Repository (IR) 5
Constraints 42 interpreting IDL templates 203
Contained Elements 31 invokeOperation 263
containedElement 86 isAbstract 49
container 42, 85 isChangeable 63, 72
contents 46 isDerived 64, 70
CORBA IDL for the Reflective Interfaces v, 270 isFrozen 43
createInstance 254, 255 isInstanceOf 254
isLeaf 49, 96, 97
D isNavigable 72
Data Type Template 243 isQuery 67
Data Types 271 isRequiredBecause 43
Data viewpoint 3 isRoot 48
Data warehouse management scenarios 7 isSingleton 54, 57, 58
delete 252, 253 isVisible 43
dependent 94
direction 78 L
DirectionType 98 language 80
link_exists 265
E Literal String Values 200
elements 84 lookupElement 46
Ends 34, 85 lookupElementExtended 50
evaluationPolicy 80
EvaluationType 98 M
exception 91 mapping 161
Exception Template 242 Mapping Rules 202
exceptions 67 Metamodel architecture 9

   ISO/IEC 19502:2005(E)

    metaObject 251 ModelElement 41, 95 ModelElement Containment Rules 38 ModelElement-DependsOn-ModelElement 93 Modeling viewpoint 3 modifyLink 267 modifyValue 259 modifyValueAt 260 MOF Model Associations 85 MOF Model Data Types 96 MOF Model Exceptions 99 MOF model types 30 , 41 MofAttribute 63 MofException 68 multiplicity 63 , 72 , 79 , 208 , 211 MultiplicityType 96

   N

   name 41 nameisValid 47 NameNotResolved 99 Namespace type 45 Namespace-Contains-ModelElement 85 Notation 203

   O

    OCL Representation of the MOF Model Constraints 101 operation 91 Operation Template 240 Operation-CanRaise-MofException 90 Operations 33 otherEnd 73 outermost_container 262 outermost_containing_package 252

   P

    Package 74 Package Create Template 205 Package Template mapping rules 203 Preconditions for Successful IDL mapping 192 provider 94

   Q

    qualified Name 41 query 266

   R

    Reference 64 referencedEnd 65, 88 Reference-Exposes-AssociationEnd derived 88 Reference-RefersTo-AssociationEnd 87 References 32 referent 88 referrer 89 refItself 251 Reflective

    RefAssociation 264 RefBaseObject 250 RefPackage 269

    Reflective Exceptions 190 Reflective Module 248 refVerifyConstraints 253 removeLink 268 removeValue 260 removeValueAt 261 repository service 4 requiredElements 42 resolveQualifiedName 46 Rules 202 Rules for Splitting MOF Model Names into "Words" 198 Rules of ModelElement Containment 38

   S

    scope 62 ScopeType 98 Service interface bridges 6 setValue 256 , 257 Software development scenarios 4 StructuralFeature 62 subtype 87 Successful IDL mapping 192 supertype 86 Supertypes 31, 49

   T

    Tag 83, 95 Tag-AttachesTo-ModelElement 95 tagId 84 type 52 , 90 Type Create Template 213 Type Forward Declaration Template 206 Type management scenarios 5 TypedElement type 52 TypedElement-IsOfType-Classifier 90 typedElements 90 Types 30

   U

    UDL development system 5 usage scenario for repository service 4

   V

    value 82 , 255 , 256 values 84 visibility 49 , 62 , 76 VisibilityType 97