ISO/IEC 19506:2012

INTERNATIONAL ISO/IEC
STANDARD 19506
First edition
2012-04-15
Information technology — Object
Management Group Architecture-Driven
Modernization (ADM) — Knowledge
Discovery Meta-Model (KDM)
Technologies de l'information — Modernisation conduite par
l'architecture (ADM) de l'OMG — Métamodèle de découverte de
connaissances (KDM)
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Table of Contents
Foreword . xv
Introduction .xvi
1 Scope . 1
2 Conformance and Compliance . 1
2.1 KDM Domains .2
2.2 Compliance Levels .2
2.3 Meaning and Types of Compliance .3
3 Normative References . 6
4 Terms and Definitions . 6
5Symbols . 8
6 Additional Information . 9
6.1 Changes to Other OMG Specifications .9
6.2 How to Read this International Standard .9
7Overview . 11
8KDM . 15
8.1 Overview .15
8.2 Organization of the KDM Packages .16
Subpart I - Infrastructure Layer. 19
9 Core Package . 21
9.1 Overview .21
9.2 Organization of the Core Package .21
9.3 CoreEntities Class Diagram .21
9.3.1 Element Class (abstract) . 22
9.3.2 ModelElement Class (abstract) . 22
9.3.3 KDMEntity Class (abstract) . 23
9.4 CoreRelations Class Diagram .24
9.4.1 KDMRelationship Class (abstract) . 24
9.4.2 KDMEntity (additional properties) . 25
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9.5 AggregatedRelations Class Diagram .26
9.5.1 AggregatedRelationship Class. 26
9.5.2 KDMEntity (additional properties) . 29
9.6 Datatypes Class Diagram .29
9.6.1 Boolean Type (datatype) . 29
9.6.2 String Type (datatype) . 29
9.6.3 Integer Type (datatype) . 30
10 The Package named “kdm” .31
10.1 Overview .31
10.2 Organization of the KDM Framework .31
10.3 Framework Class Diagram .32
10.3.1 KDMFramework Class (abstract) . 33
10.3.2 KDMModel Class (abstract) . 33
10.3.3 KDMEntity (additional properties) . 34
10.3.4 Segment Class . 34
10.4 Audit Class Diagram .35
10.4.1 Audit Class . 36
10.4.2 KDMFramework (additional properties) . 37
10.5 Extensions Class Diagram .37
10.5.1 Stereotype Class . 38
10.5.2 TagDefinition Class . 40
10.5.3 ExtensionFamily Class. 41
10.5.4 ModelElement (additional properties) . 42
10.6 ExtendedValues Class Diagram .43
10.6.1 ExtendedValue Class (abstract) . 43
10.6.2 TaggedValue Class . 44
10.6.3 TaggedRef Class . 44
10.7 Annotations Class Diagram .45
10.7.1 Attribute Class . 46
10.7.2 Annotation Class . 47
10.7.3 Element (additional properties) . 47
11 Source Package .49
11.1 Overview .49
11.2 Organization of the Source Package .50
11.3 InventoryModel Class Diagram .51
11.3.1 InventoryModel Class . 51
11.3.2 AbstractInventoryElement Class (abstract) . 52
11.3.3 AbstractInventoryRelationship Class (abstract) . 52
11.3.4 InventoryItem Class (generic) . 53
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11.3.5 SourceFile Class . 53
11.3.6 Image Class . 54
11.3.7 Configuration Class . 54
11.3.8 ResourceDescription Class . 54
11.3.9 BinaryFile Class . 54
11.3.10 ExecutableFile Class . 55
11.3.11 InventoryContainer Class (generic) . 55
11.3.12 Directory Class . 55
11.3.13 Project Class . 56
11.4 InventoryInheritances Class Diagram .56
11.5 InventoryRelations Class Diagram .57
11.5.1 DependsOn Class . 57
11.6 SourceRef Class Diagram .58
11.6.1 SourceRef Class . 58
11.6.2 SourceRegion Class . 60
11.7 ExtendedInventoryElements Class Diagram .61
11.7.1 InventoryElement Class (generic) . 61
11.7.2 InventoryRelationship Class (generic) . 61
Subpart II - Program Elements Layer . 63
12 Code Package . 67
12.1 Overview .67
12.2 Organization of the Code Package .67
12.3 CodeModel Class Diagram .68
12.3.1 CodeModel Class . 69
12.3.2 AbstractCodeElement Class (abstract) . 69
12.3.3 AbstractCodeRelationship Class (abstract) . 70
12.3.4 CodeItem Class (abstract) . 70
12.3.5 ComputationalObject Class (generic) . 70
12.3.6 Datatype Class (generic) . 71
12.4 CodeInheritances Class Diagram .71
12.5 Modules Class Diagram .72
12.5.1 Module Class (generic) . 72
12.5.2 CompilationUnit Class . 73
12.5.3 SharedUnit Class . 73
12.5.4 LanguageUnit Class . 74
12.5.5 CodeAssembly Class . 74
12.5.6 Package Class . 74
12.6 ControlElements Class Diagram .75
12.6.1 ControlElement Class (generic) . 75
12.6.2 CallableUnit Class . 76
12.6.3 CallableKind Data Type (enumerated) . 77
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12.6.4 MethodUnit Class . 77
12.6.5 MethodKind data type (enumeration) . 77
12.7 DataElements Class Diagram .79
12.7.1 DataElement Class (generic) .80
12.7.2 StorableUnit Class . 80
12.7.3 StorableKind data type (enumeration) . 81
12.7.4 ExportKind data type (enumeration) . 81
12.7.5 ItemUnit Class .
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