Values are specified in an initialValues compartment by lines in the form <property-name> = <value-specification> or <property-name> : <type> = <value-specification>, each line of which specifies the initial value for one property owned either by ...

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The SysML block compartment name 'initialValues' for what are really "context-specific values" is confusing - even completely misleading; please just think of them as 'contextValues' (and initial values as a special context case)
Figure D.41 - Special Case of Internal Block Diagram Showing Reference to Specific Properties (serial numbers)
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OMG Systems Modeling Language (SysML) 1.6
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A compartment with a label of “initialValues” may be used to show values of properties belonging to a containing block. These values override any default values that may have been previously specified on these properties on their originally defining block
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Values are specified in an initialValues compartment by lines in the form <property-name> = <value-specification> or <property-name> : <type> = <value-specification>, each line of which specifies the initial value for one property owned either by the block that types the property or by any of its supertypes.
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This portion of concrete syntax is the same as may be shown for values within the UML instance specification notation, but this is the only element of UML InstanceSpecification notation that may be shown in an initial values compartment.
The SysML block compartment name 'initialValues' for what are really "context-specific values" is confusing - even completely misleading; please just think of them as 'contextValues' (and initial values as a special context case)
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A compartment with a label of “initialValues” may be used to show values of properties belonging to a containing block. These values override any default values that may have been previously specified on these properties on their originally defining block
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