Issue 15766: navigation only possible to generalization but not to specializations of elements (uml2-rtf) Source: (, ) Nature: Enhancement Severity: Minor Summary: I am using the UML specification very often and I am navigating a lot through specific elements. One thing which bothers me most is that I can only hop to the generalization of elements but not to their specializations. For example for activity diagrams, if I go to Section 12.3.16 CentralBufferNode (p. 360) I know that it is a sub-type of an ObjectNode. But now I have no chance to see which sub-types of a CentralBufferNode exists (e.g. a DataStoreNode). So I have to navigate back to p. 312 to see the dependencies of a CentralBufferNode. In my point of view would displaying not only generalizations but also specializations of elements directly at an element's description be a great advantage to the readability of the specification. It would certainly be a great surplus to me, maybe others have thought the same way, too. Resolution: Revised Text: Actions taken: October 19, 2010: received issue Discussion: End of Annotations:===== m: webmaster@omg.org Date: 19 Oct 2010 12:42:27 -0400 To: Subject: Issue/Bug Report ******************************************************************************* Name: Bernhard Hoisl Employer: Vienna University of Economics and Business mailFrom: bernhard.hoisl@wu.ac.at Terms_Agreement: I agree Specification: OMG Unified Modeling Language (OMG UML), Superstructure Section: all FormalNumber: formal/2010-05-05 Version: 2.3 Doc_Year: 2010 Doc_Month: May Doc_Day: 05 Page: all Title: navigation only possible to generalization but not to specializations of elements Nature: Enhancement Severity: Minor CODE: 3TMw8 B1: Report Issue Description: I am using the UML specification very often and I am navigating a lot through specific elements. One thing which bothers me most is that I can only hop to the generalization of elements but not to their specializations. For example for activity diagrams, if I go to Section 12.3.16 CentralBufferNode (p. 360) I know that it is a sub-type of an ObjectNode. But now I have no chance to see which sub-types of a CentralBufferNode exists (e.g. a DataStoreNode). So I have to navigate back to p. 312 to see the dependencies of a CentralBufferNode. In my point of view would displaying not only generalizations but also specializations of elements directly at an element's description be a great advantage to the readability of the specification. It would certainly be a great surplus to me, maybe others have thought the same way, too.