Standard EA Element types

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Standard EA Element types

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Most EA Elements have the same set of attributes, but there are also many exceptions. eaDocX only makes available those attributes which are appropriate to the element you are defining, so you don't need to remember any of this. The information below is just a reference.

 

'Partial' EA Elements.

 

Element Types

Attribute

Explanation

Change, Feature, Risk, Requirement, Task

Alias

Alias field

Author

Author field

Children

Elements which have this element as parent

Complexity

Complexity field

Created

Date/time at which this element/package was created

Description

Notes field

Diagram

Diagrams for this element or package

Difficulty

Difficulty field

Element Features

Element Features

Element Files

File elements for this element

Element tests summary

Summary of the all tests for this element

ElementType

Type of the EA element e.g. Use Case, Requirement

Filenames summary

Summary of the all files for this element

Keywords

Keywords field

Language

Language field, e.g. Java, VB

Last_Updated

Date on which this element was last updated

LinkedDocument

Linked documents for this element

Name

Name field

ParentAlias

Alias of element/package's parent element or package

ParentName

Name of the element/package's parent element or package

ParentStereotype

Stereotype of the element/package's parent element or package

ParentType

Type of the element/package's parent element or package e.g. 'Requirement, Package

Phase

Phase field

Priority

Priority field

Status

Status field

Stereotype

Stereotype, as seen in the Package browser. Additional stereotypes are ignored

Version

Version field for this element/package

 

'Full' EA Elements

These Elements have ALL the attributes of the 'Partial' elements above, but with some extras:

 

Element Types

Attribute

Explanation

(all other EA elements not mentioned elsewhere)

Constraints

Constraint elements for this element

Element constraints summary

Summary of the all constraints for this element

Element Effort

Effort elements for this element

Element effort summary

Summary of the all effort elements for this element

Element Features

Element Features

Element Issues

Internal Issue elements for this element

Element issues summary

Summary of the all internal issues for this element

Element Metrics

Metric elements for this element

Element metrics summary

Summary of the all metrics for this element

Element Requirements

Internal Requirements of this element

Element requirements summary

Summary of the all internal requirements for this element

Element Resources

Resource elements for this element

Element resources summary

Summary of the all resources for this element

Element Risks

Risk elements for this element

Element risks summary

Summary of the all risks for this element

Element scenarios summary

Summary of the all scenarios for this element

Element Tests

Test elements for this element

Element tests summary

Summary of the all tests for this element

Postcondition summary

Summary of the Conditions of type 'postcondition'

Post-conditions

Pre-condition Constraints of this element

Precondition summary

Summary of the Conditions of type 'precondition'

Pre-conditions

Pre-condition Constraints of this element

Scenarios

Scenario elements for this element