SysMLv1/UML: Prefer owner path indicators over Package containment operators (which are fragile).

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owner path display

containment operator

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If you use the owner path display on a symbol for an Element in your diagram it won't break if you change the owner of an element, whereas the containment operator will break ("vanish" from the Diagram).

Using the owner path display on a symbol also only requires one graphical element so is not as fiddly as using additional Package symbols and containment operators.

Visit also: SysMLv1: Cameo: In Package Diagrams and Block Definition Diagrams use the owner indicator display option for Classifier symbol headers when indicating the owner (except where a containment operator suffices). The mode 'Below Element Name' is preferred.

Visit also: SysMLv1: TIP: If a symbol for an element that appears on a Block Definition Diagram or a Package Diagram is not directly within the namespace of the context of that Diagram indicate the ownership using display options or one of the containment devices

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Overview of all diagrams after moving elicited model elements out of the '0-source' zone

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