tagged value

A tag-value pair attached to a modeling element to hold some piece of information.

See also constraint, stereotype.

Semantics

A tagged value is a name-value pair that may be attached to a model element that uses a stereotype containing a tag definition.

Tagged values represent additional modeling information beyond that defined in the UML metamodel. It is commonly used to store project management information, such as the author of an element, the testing status, or the importance of the element to a final system (the tags might be author, status, and importance).

Tagged values represent a modest extension to the meta-attributes of UML metaclasses. This is not a fully general extension mechanism but can be used to add information ...

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