Keywords in UML-to-XSD transformations
Keywords are an alternative to the stereotypes of the Extensible
Markup language (XML) Schema Definition (XSD) profile. The transformation
uses the keywords that you apply to elements of the source model to
determine how to generate XSD elements.
The following table lists the keywords that transformation
recognizes.
| Keyword | Applies to this element | Transformation result |
|---|---|---|
| annotation | Comment | appinfo or documentation annotation |
| attribute | Property of a class | Attribute in a complex type if the multiplicity of the property is [0..1] |
| attributeGroup | Class | Attribute group |
| complexType | Class | Complex type |
| complexType | DataType | Complex type |
| complexType | Signal | Complex type |
| element | Property | Element of a complex type |
| enumeration | Class | XSD enumeration if the class has a generalization relationship to a class that represents a simple type |
| global | Class Note: Must have only one property
|
Top-level element Top-level attribute, if the property has the «attribute» stereotype or the attribute keyword The name and type of the property is assigned to the generated element or attribute |
| listOf | Dependency between two classes that represent two simple types | XSD list from the client of the dependency Item type is the supplier of the dependency There can only be one such dependency between two classes that represent a simple type |
| modelGroup | Class | Named model group that is global and reusable. By default,
the transformation creates a sequence model. References to this class are transformed into a model group reference |
| redefine | Generalization | New schema that contains the redefined components and the unchanged components from the original schema |
| schema | Package | XSD schema that has the same name as the package Note: You
must specify the target namespace and the target namespace prefix
properties in the transformation configuration.
|
| simpleType | Class | Simple type if the class has a generalization to an XSD built-in data type or another simple type |
| simpleType | DataType | Simple type |
| simpleType | Signal | Simple type |
| unionOf | Dependency between two classes that represent two simple types | XSD union is generated from the client of the dependency
with the supplier of the dependency as a member A class that represents more than one simple type can have more than one such dependency to different classes that represent simple types |
| wildcard | Property | Element wildcard If the property has the attribute keyword or the «attribute» stereotype, an attribute wildcard is also generated |