Best practices for modelling

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General

• Level of abstraction
• Names of packages, classes and attributes
• [Versions of models] (https://github.com/ISO-TC211/UML-Best-Practices/wiki/Model-versions)

Classes

• Stereotypes
• Generalization and specialization
• [Abstract classes] (https://github.com/ISO-TC211/UML-Best-Practices/wiki/Introduction-to-UML#classes)
• Feature type or data type

Attributes

• Connecting attributes to data types
• Attribute or Association
• Multiplicity

Associations

• Types of associations
• Roles and navigability
• Composition or Aggregation or Association
• Associations in INSPIRE models: INSPIRE Repository tutorial page 12-13

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• Namespaces - the connection between UML packages and XML namespaces

Documenting classes, attributes, association roles

• ref INSPIRE Repository tutorial page 8
• ref ISO19103 req 2, req 12, req 19, req 20, rec 2.
• ref ISO19109 /req/uml/documentation
• use of notes field and tagged values

Constraints

• OCL: ref INSPIRE Repository tutorial page 10-11
• Display: ref ref INSPIRE Repository tutorial page 14

Profiles

• Extending or profiling existing models