Issue 13936: UML2: Need clarification on circle plus notation for containment (uml2-rtf)
Source: International Business Machines (Mr. Jim Amsden, jamsden(at)us.ibm.com)
Nature: Clarification
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Summary: Section 7.3.37, Notation indicates that "The members of the package may be shown within the large rectangle. Members may also be shown by branching lines to member elements, drawn outside the package. A plus sign (+) within a circle is drawn at the end attached to the namespace (package). ". It is unclear if this is intended to apply to any Element owner/ownedElement relationship (such as nested classes, owned behaviors, etc.) or only to packages. Some vendors do support circle-plus notation to depict metamodel containment, others don't. If it applies only to packages, then what is the notation for these other membership associations? 

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May 18, 2009: received issue
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Section 7.3.37, Notation indicates that "The members of the package may be shown within the large rectangle. Members may also be shown by branching lines to member elements, drawn outside the package. A plus sign (+) within a circle is drawn at the end attached to the namespace (package). ". It is unclear if this is intended to apply to any Element owner/ownedElement relationship (such as nested classes, owned behaviors, etc.) or only to packages. Some vendors do support circle-plus notation to depict metamodel containment, others don't. If it applies only to packages, then what is the notation for these other membership associations?