Issue 7851: section 8.3.2, a "Connector" (uml2-superstructure-ftf)
Source:  (, )
Nature: Clarification
Severity: Minor
Summary: In section 8.3.2, a "Connector" is defined as either a "delegate" or an "assembly" connector. The definition is based on "required port" resp. "provided port". However, these terms are not defined in the document; furthermore, they do not make sense at all. In section 9.3.11, a port is defined to have "provided" and/or "required" interfaces, which are well-defined. However, in the whole document is no definition for a "provided port" or "required port". From my understanding, such a thing does not make sense at all. A port is a point of interaction, and the terms "provided/required port" are non-sense. Please, provide a definition of "provided port" and "required port", or remove the corresponding sections. I hope I could help You with Your great work, Yours, Dr. Uli Margull PS: I came across this topic when working for the AutoSAR standard (car manufacturer and OEMs). They have the same unclear usage of "provided port" and "required port", and looking into the UML standard 2.0 did not help me to resolve this issue.

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Name: Dr. Ulrich Margull
Company: MargullSoft
mailFrom: margull@margull.de
Notification: Yes
Specification: UML Superstructure
Section: 8.3.2
FormalNumber: ?
Version: 2.0
RevisionDate: 08/02/03
Page: 143ff
Nature: Clarification
Severity: Minor
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Description
In section 8.3.2, a "Connector" is defined as either a "delegate" or an "assembly" connector. The definition is based on "required port" resp. "provided port". However, these terms are not defined in the document; furthermore, they do not make sense at all. In section 9.3.11, a port is defined to have "provided" and/or "required" interfaces, which are well-defined. However, in the whole document is no definition for a "provided port" or "required port". From my understanding, such a thing does not make sense at all. A port is a point of interaction, and the terms "provided/required port" are non-sense. Please, provide a definition of "provided port" and "required port", or remove the corresponding sections. I hope I could help You with Your great work, Yours, Dr. Uli Margull PS: I came across this topic when working for the AutoSAR standard (car manufacturer and OEMs). They have the same unclear usage of "provided port" and "required port", and looking into the UML standard 2.0 did not help me to resolve this issue.