Introduction
This section provides an overview of the key functionalities of ARIS UML Designer and outlines the underlying concepts. It is aimed at all UML modelers, developers of UML-specific reports and macros, and ARIS administrators.
This introduction is divided into the following sections:
UML basics : Contains a brief introduction to UML and introduces the diagram types supported by ARIS UML Designer. This section also sets out the basics of the UML metal model, which is an essential requirement for you to understand the subsequent topics of Mapping UML to the ARIS object model and UML profiles.
ARIS UML Designer overview : Introduces the most important components of ARIS UML Designer and their functionality.
Mapping UML to the ARIS object model : Shows how UML content is stored in ARIS so that you can understand how ARIS standard functions, such as definition copy, merge or access privileges affect UML content.
Linking business process and UML modeling : Outlines the relevant technical principles.
UML profiles : Provides an overview of the extension and filter mechanisms in UML, which differ fundamentally from the classic ARIS Method configuration.
Differences from ARIS Architect/Designer : Shows the special features of ARIS UML Designer and the resulting differences from classic ARIS modeling.
As the terms model and object that are familiar from ARIS have a different meaning in UML, the terms diagram and element are used to refer to them in this document. Thus, in this document an EPC is not a model but a diagram, and an EPC function is not an object but an element.
ARIS UML Designer supports UML version 2.5. For compatibility reasons, ARIS Architect/Designer still supports the old UML version 1.4.The method is available, but the typical UML 1.4 notation is not supported. However, this is not done using UML-specific notation but in the form of classic ARIS diagrams. Where the term UML is used without a version number in this document, it always refers to the version 2.5 supported by ARIS UML Designer.