RE-Tools: A Multi-notational Requirements Modeling Toolkit
Sam Supakkul and Lawrence Chung

© 2008-2016 Sam Supakkul

Viewing Example Models















  1. Open Windows Explorer and go to C:\Program Files (x86)\StarUML\modules\RE-Tools\examples folder.
  2. Double click to open file “RE-Tools v3.0 Examples.uml” profile file. Once the project is opened, you should see a list of Model folders in Model Explorer area as shown below, including:





































  1. Click the + symbol in front of a desirable Model folder to expand the model folder hierarchy. For example, click the + symbol in front of “NFR Framework” model folder as shown in the screen shot above until you see “Example 1” model folder.






























  1. Double click a diagram name (SIG1 in this example) to open the model.
  1. The associated example diagram will be displayed in the middle.


























  1. Right click at a node or link in the diagram (Confidentiality[Account] node in this example) to view the pull-down menu, then click Tagged Values to open the Tagged Value Editor dialog.
  1. Look at the tagged values already specified for the selected element as an example how to specify the tagged values for this type of node or link model element.
  2. Click at another node or link to view how its tagged values are specified.
  3. Click Close to close the dialog.
































  1. Repeat the process with other example models. For example, click the + symbol in front of RE BPMN and Supported Model Elements model folders respectively. Double click the diagram name Supported Model Elements to open the diagram.
  1. The associated diagram is open in the middle.
  2. Right click at a node or link to view the pull-down menu. Click Tagged Values to open the Tagged Value Editor dialog.
  3. View how the tagged values are specified for the selected model element. Experiment with changing some tagged values to see how the icon is changed to reflect the new value.
  4. Select another node or link model element to view the associated tagged values.
  5. Click Close to close the dialog.