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| A | exposedEnd 65, 89 | ||||
| addLink 266 | expression 80 | ||||
| addLinkBefore 267 | externalize 75 | ||||
| addValue 257 | |||||
| addValueAt 258 | F | ||||
| addValueBefore 258 | Feature 56 | ||||
| aggregation 72 | findElementsByType 47 | ||||
| AggregationType 98 | findElementsByTypeExtended 50 | ||||
| all_links 265 | findRequiredElement 42, 43 | ||||
| allObjects 213, 217, 225, 227, 255 | Format 1 199 | ||||
| allSupertypes 50 | Format 2 199, 200 | ||||
| annotation 41 | |||||
| Annotation Template 245 | G | ||||
| Architecture, four layer metamodel 9 | GeneralizableElement type 48 | ||||
| Association 69 | GeneralizableElement-Generalizes-GeneralizableElement 86 | ||||
| Association Template 214 | Generation Rules for Collection Kinds 200 | ||||
| Associations 34 | getAssociation 269 | ||||
| Attribute Template 222 | getClassRef 269 | ||||
| Attributes 31 | getNestedPackage 270 | ||||
| B | I | ||||
| BehavioralFeature 66 | Identifier Format 1 199 | ||||
| Identifier Format 2 199, 200 | |||||
| C | Identifier Name Scoping 202 | ||||
| Class 54 | Identifier Naming 198 | ||||
| Class Template 209 | IDL for the Reflective Interfaces v, 270 | ||||
| Collection Kinds 200 | IDL mapping 161 | ||||
| Common Exceptions 183 | immediate_containing_package 252 | ||||
| Complex bindings 6 | Import 76 | ||||
| Constant Template 243 | Import-Aliases-Namespace 91 | ||||
| constrainedElement 93 | imported 92 | ||||
| constrainedElements 81 | importedNamespace 77 | ||||
| Constraint 79, 93 | importer 92 | ||||
| Constraint Template 245 | Information management scenarios 6 | ||||
| Constraint-Constrains-ModelElement 92 | Interface Repository (IR) 5 | ||||
| Constraints 42 | interpreting IDL templates 203 | ||||
| Contained Elements 31 | invokeOperation 263 | ||||
| containedElement 86 | isAbstract 49 | ||||
| container 42, 85 | isChangeable 63, 72 | ||||
| contents 46 | isDerived 64, 70 | ||||
| CORBA IDL for the Reflective Interfaces | v, 270 | isFrozen 43 | |||
| createInstance 254, 255 | isInstanceOf 254 | ||||
| isLeaf 49, 96, 97 | |||||
| D | isNavigable 72 | ||||
| Data Type Template 243 | isQuery 67 | ||||
| Data Types 271 | isRequiredBecause 43 | ||||
| Data viewpoint 3 | isRoot 48 | ||||
| Data warehouse management scenarios 7 | isSingleton 54, 57, 58 | ||||
| delete 252, 253 | isVisible 43 | ||||
| dependent 94 | |||||
| direction 78 | L | ||||
| DirectionType 98 | language 80 | ||||
| link_exists 265 | |||||
| E | Literal String Values 200 | ||||
| elements 84 | lookupElement 46 | ||||
| Ends 34, 85 | lookupElementExtended 50 | ||||
| evaluationPolicy 80 | |||||
| EvaluationType 98 | M | ||||
| exception 91 | mapping 161 | ||||
| Exception Template 242 | Mapping Rules 202 | ||||
| exceptions 67 | Metamodel architecture 9 | 
   ISO/IEC 19502:2005(E) 
   
            metaObject 251 
            ModelElement 41, 95 
            ModelElement Containment Rules 38 
            ModelElement-DependsOn-ModelElement 93 
            Modeling viewpoint 3 
            modifyLink 267 
            modifyValue 259 
            modifyValueAt 260 
            MOF Model Associations	    85 
            MOF Model Data Types	    96 
            MOF Model Exceptions	    99 
            MOF model types 30
            , 
            41 
            MofAttribute 63 
            MofException 68 
            multiplicity 63
            , 
            72
            , 
            79
            , 
            208
            , 
            211 
            MultiplicityType 96 
            
   N 
   name 
            41 
            nameisValid 47 
            NameNotResolved 99 
            Namespace type 45 
            Namespace-Contains-ModelElement 85 
            Notation 203 
            
   O 
   
            OCL Representation of the MOF Model Constraints	    101 
            operation 
            91 
            Operation Template 240 
            Operation-CanRaise-MofException 90 
            Operations 33 
            otherEnd 73 
            outermost_container 262 
            outermost_containing_package 252 
            
   P 
   
            Package 74 
            Package Create Template 205 
            Package Template mapping rules 203 
            Preconditions for Successful IDL mapping 192 
            provider 94 
            
   Q
   
            qualified Name 41 
            query 266 
            
   R 
   
            Reference 64 
            referencedEnd 65, 88 
            Reference-Exposes-AssociationEnd derived 88 
            Reference-RefersTo-AssociationEnd 87 
            References 32 
            referent 88 
            referrer 89 
            refItself 251 
            Reflective 
   
            RefAssociation 264
            RefBaseObject 250
            RefPackage 269
            
   
            Reflective Exceptions 190 
            Reflective Module 248 
            refVerifyConstraints 253 
            removeLink 268 
            removeValue 260 
            removeValueAt 261 
            repository service 4 
            requiredElements 42 
            resolveQualifiedName 
            46 
            Rules 202 
            Rules for Splitting MOF Model Names into "Words" 198 
            Rules of ModelElement Containment 38 
            
   S 
   
            scope 62 
            ScopeType 98 
            Service interface bridges 6 
            setValue 
            256
            , 
            257 
            Software development scenarios 
            4 
            StructuralFeature 
            62 
            subtype 
            87 
            Successful IDL mapping 192 
            supertype 86 
            Supertypes 31, 49 
            
   T 
   
            Tag 83, 95 
            Tag-AttachesTo-ModelElement 95 
            tagId 84 
            type 52
            , 
            90 
            Type Create Template 213 
            Type Forward Declaration Template 206 
            Type management scenarios 5 
            TypedElement type 52 
            TypedElement-IsOfType-Classifier 90 
            typedElements 90 
            Types 30 
            
   U 
   
            UDL development system 5 
            usage scenario for repository service 4 
            
   V 
   
            value 82
            , 
            255
            , 
            256 
            values 84 
            visibility 49
            , 
            62
            , 
            76 
            VisibilityType 97