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Defining elements
The element symbol appears in the diagram with the attribute name. In the example, <None> indicates that no data type has been defined for the attribute.
Modifying element display preferences
You can modify the following display preferences for an element by selecting
Tools→Display Preferences:
Preference | Description |
Attributes | Displays attributes and attribute values of the element |
Display limit | Maximum number of attributes displayed |
Stereotype | Displays the stereotype of the element |
Type | Displays the data type of the element |
Show XPath | An XPath expression indicates the relationship between an |
| element and the root element (<schema> tag). Select Never, |
| if you do not want the elements XPath expressions to be |
| displayed. Select Always, if you want all the elements to |
| have their XPath expression displayed. Select Root symbol, |
| if you only want the root symbols (global elements in the |
| main diagram or parent elements in partial diagrams) to |
| have their XPath expression displayed |
Element Attributes | Select Type, if you want the attributes data types to be |
| displayed |
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For more information on XPath expressions, see section Defining an identity constraint selector.
Linking child elements to a parent element
An element composed of other elements is a parent element with child elements.
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