Issue 16003: Incoming/Outgoing Data Associations of DataInputs/Outputs (bpmn2-rtf)
Source:  (, )
Nature: Clarification
Severity: Significant
Summary: According to page 213:
Data Inputs MAY have incoming Data Associations


and page 215:
Data Outputs MAY have outgoing DataAssociations

I think that it should be the other way round. A Data Input should have an outgoing Data Association and a Data Output should have an incoming DataAssociation. This would correspond with Figure 7.8. The Data Input "Part Requisition" only has an outgoing Data Association and vice versa, the Data Output "Part Requisition" only has an incoming Data Association.
Resolution: 
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February 2, 2011: received issue
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Date: 02 Feb 2011 09:18:36 -0500
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Name:            Christine Natschlaeger
Employer:        Software Competence Center Hagenberg GmbH
mailFrom:        Christine.Natschlaeger@scch.at
Terms_Agreement: I agree
Specification:   Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN)
Section:         10.3.1
FormalNumber:    formal/2011-01-03
Version:         2.0
Doc_Year:        2011
Doc_Month:       January
Doc_Day:         03
Page:            213-215
Title:           Incoming/Outgoing Data Associations of DataInputs/Outputs
Nature:          Clarification
Severity:        Significant
CODE:            3TMw8
B1:              Report Issue


Description:


According to page 213:
Data Inputs MAY have incoming Data Associations


and page 215:
Data Outputs MAY have outgoing DataAssociations

I think that it should be the other way round. A Data Input should have an outgoing Data Association and a Data Output should have an incoming DataAssociation. This would correspond with Figure 7.8. The Data Input "Part Requisition" only has an outgoing Data Association and vice versa, the Data Output "Part Requisition" only has an incoming Data Association.