Chapter 10 PowerDesigner Public Metamodel

Navigating in the metamodel

You can use the graphical interface of the OOM to navigate through the metamodel structure.

Color code

Classes in green are classes which behavior is explained in the current diagram.

Classes in purple are visible to help understanding the context but they are not explained in the current diagram.

In the following example taken from the Common Instantiable Objects in the Objects package in PdCommon, BusinessRule (green color) is developed whereas NamedObject and BaseModel are used to express inheritance and composition links with abstract classes.

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