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Part III

Archetypes

Archetypes are deep abstractions that often occur and transcend individual applications. You should keep them in mind as you construct models.

This chapter presents both UML and IDEF1X diagrams so that the meaning of the archetypes is clear for readers who prefer one or the other notation.

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