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| <mainDescription><p> |
| A Method Configuration is a collection of selected <a class="elementLinkWithUserText" |
| href="./../../../base_concepts/guidances/concepts/method_plugin,_0KeEMBUFEdqrUt4zetC1gg.html" |
| guid="_0KeEMBUFEdqrUt4zetC1gg">Method Plugins</a>, <a class="elementLinkWithUserText" |
| href="./../../../base_concepts/customcategories/method_package,_R5Vk4BtpEdqSLrJ4Ij2LVA.html" |
| guid="_R5Vk4BtpEdqSLrJ4Ij2LVA">Method Packages</a> and Processes (see <a class="elementLinkWithType" |
| href="./../../../base_concepts/guidances/concepts/capability_pattern,1.7072348895114264E-305.html" |
| guid="1.7072348895114264E-305">Concept: Capability Pattern</a>, <a class="elementLinkWithType" |
| href="./../../../base_concepts/guidances/concepts/delivery_process,_EhgqwO8MEdmKSqa_gSYthg.html" |
| guid="_EhgqwO8MEdmKSqa_gSYthg">Concept: Delivery Process</a>). A Configuration can be exported into its own stand-alone |
| library when it includes the full transitive closure of all elements it depends on. A Method Configuration defines a |
| logical subset of a <a class="elementLink" |
| href="./../../../base_concepts/guidances/concepts/method_library,_m8lGkBUFEdqrUt4zetC1gg.html" |
| guid="_m8lGkBUFEdqrUt4zetC1gg">Method Library</a>. |
| </p> |
| <h3> |
| Applications |
| </h3> |
| <p> |
| A Configuration is often built around one or more Delivery Processes. A Delivery Process can be valid for different |
| Method Configurations, but each Configuration may include or exclude particular content for specific situations. For |
| example, a Delivery Process can be defined to include content for developing schemas for different types of database |
| management systems, such as content for RDBMS and OODBMS. When using such a Delivery Process, users may want to select |
| just the type of DBMS used within their project, and hence exclude all content pertaining to other types of DBMS. They |
| achieve this by selecting a Configuration which excludes the respective content or by creating a new one if none such |
| already exists.<br /> |
| </p></mainDescription> |
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