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The most important mappings from UML to ARIS

The table below shows the most important mappings from UML to ARIS.

UML

Represented in metamodel by meta element of type

Mapped to ARIS type

Condition

UML elements

Class

Group

The element's metaclass is not OpaqueExpression and is not a specialization of LiteralSpecification.

Attribute

The element's metaclass is OpaqueExpression or a specialization of LiteralSpecification.

UML properties

Property

(Group hierarchy relationship)

For the meta property:

isDerived=false

isComposite=true

type is a metaclass

Connection definition

For the meta property:

isDerived=false

isComposite=false

type is a metaclass

Attribute

For the meta property:

isDerived=false

type is a data type

(calculated at runtime)

For the meta property:

isDerived=true

UML diagrams

Diagram*

Model

Node presentations

NodeSymbol*

Object occurrence

Edge presentations

EdgeSymbol*

New type of connection occurrence

Lane presentations

LaneSymbol*

Object occurrence

* In the official UML metamodel, no constructs exist for formal description of the graphical representation. These meta elements represent an ARIS-specific extension.