ISO/IEC INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 19502 First edition 2005-11-01 Information technology Meta Object Facility (MOF) Technologies de I'information - Facilite d'objet 《meta》 (MOF) Reference number ISO/IEC 19502:2005(E) IEC Iso @ISO/IEC2005 ISO/IEC 19502:2005(E) PDFdisclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this file, parties accept therein the responsibility of not infringing Adobe's licensing policy. The Iso Central Secretariat accepts no liability in this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation ?ISO/IEC2005 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either isO at the address below or IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 41 22 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ISO/IEC2005-All rights reserved ISO/IEC 19502:2005(E) Contents Foreword. vili Introduction ix 1 Scope 2 Normative references 2.1 Identical Recommendations I International Standards 2.2 International Standards 3 Abbreviations and Conventions 4 List of Documents 2 5 MOF Usage Scenarios . 3 5.1 Overview 3 5.2 Software Development Scenarios 4 5.3 Type Management Scenarios 5 5.4 Information Management Scenarios . 6 5.5 Data Warehouse Management Scenarios 6 MOF Conceptual Overview 9 6.1 Overview 9 6.2 Metadata Architectures 9 6.2.1 Four Layer Metadata Architectures. 9 6.2.2 The MOF Metadata Architecture .. 10 6.2.3 MOF Metamodeling Terminology 12 6.3 The MOF Model - Metamodeling Constructs 13 6.3.1Classes 13 6.3.2 Associations 16 6.3.3 Aggregation .. 6.3.4 References.... 18 6.3.5 DataTypes 20 6.3.6 Packages 20 6.3.7 Constraints and Consistency 23 6.3.8 Miscellaneous Metamodeling Constructs 24 6.4 Metamodels and Mappings ... 25 6.4.1 Abstract and Concrete Mappings 25 6.4.2 The MOF Metamodel to IDL Mapping 26 6.4.3 The MOF Metamodel to XML Mappingo 26 6.4.4 Mappings of the MOF Model.. 27 7 MOF Model and Interfaces 29 7.1 Overview ... 29 7.2 How the MOF Model is Described 29 7. Classes ...... 30 on All rights reserved ili ISO/IEC 19502:2005(E) 7.2.2 Associations ... 34 7.2.3 DataTypes 7.2.4 Exceptions ..35 7.2.5 Constants ... 36 7.2.6 Constraints .... 7.2.7 UML Diagrams ..36 7.3 The Structure of the MOF Model . .36 7.3.1 The MOF Model Package .36 7.3.2 The MOF Model Service IDL. 38 7.3.3 The MOF Model Structure .. 7.3.4 The MOF Model Containment Hierarchy 7.4 MOF Model Classes... 41 7.4.1 ModelElement ... (abstract)41 7.4.2 Namespace... (abstract) 45 7.4.3 GeneralizableElement. (abstract)48 7.4.4 TypedElement... . (abstract) 52 7.4.5 Classifier .. . (abstract) 53 7.4.6Class. 7.4.7 DataType.. (abstract) 55 7.4.8 PrimitiveType .... 56 7.4.9 CollectionType 57 7.4.10 EnumerationType. 58 7.4.11 AliasType ... 7.4.12 StructureType.. 59 7.4.13 StructureField... 60 7.4.14 Feature.... (abstract) 60 7.4.15 StructuralFeature .. (abstract) 62 7.4.16 Attribute.. (idlsubstitute_name“MofAttribute")63 7.17 Reference.... 64 7.4.18 BehavioralFeature ... (abstract) 66 7.4.19 Operation 67 7.20 Exception.... ...(idl_substitute_name “MofException") 68 7.4.21 Association... 69 7.4.22 AssociationEnd 71 7.4.23 Package 74 7.4.24 Import . 76 7.4.25 Parameter 78 7.4.26 Constraint ... .79 7.7 Constant.... 82 7.4.28 Tag... 83 7.5 MOF Model Associations 85 7.5.1 Contains ... 85 7.5.2 Generalizes 7.5.3RefersTo 87 7.5.4 Exposes 7.5.5 IsOfType . ..90 7.5.6 CanRaise 90 7.5.7 Aliases.. 91 7.5.8 Constrai