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Defining elements
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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
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.