I am continuing to investigate using XXE as a tool for editing
documentation within an UML model. The UML model is stored in an XML
format compliant with the XMI standard.
The objective is to open the XMI document in XXE and use a style sheet
to select out specific elements within the model and allow the user to
edit the documentation associated with the element. For example, the UML
model might include a UseCase element to which I would like to add/edit
the associated documentation. The UML tool provides a user-interface for
this but it is clumsy. A nicely formated document would be preferable.
I can already select out the name of the elements and generate content
for these. So my document now has headings, one for each UML element I
want to document. Now I'd like to have the documentation text beneath
the headings where it can be edited as follows:
1. Use Case : Scheme Management
This is the scheme management use case.
The problem is that the documentation for the UML elements is stored as
an attribute and not text within the element. e.g.
<UML:UseCase xmi.id = 'a218' name = 'Scheme Management'>
<UML:ModelElement.taggedValue>
<UML:TaggedValue xmi.id = 'a220' dataValue = 'This is the scheme
management use case.'>
<UML:TaggedValue.type>
<UML:TagDefinition xmi.idref = 'documentation'/>
</UML:TaggedValue.type>
</UML:TaggedValue>
</UML:ModelElement.taggedValue>
</UML:UseCase>
I can see that XXE is probably not well suited to the application as
described, but can anyone suggest an approach to the problem as outlined.
Regards,
Ian
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