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| <org.eclipse.epf.uma:ContentDescription xmi:version="2.0" xmlns:xmi="http://www.omg.org/XMI" xmlns:org.eclipse.epf.uma="http://www.eclipse.org/epf/uma/1.0.3/uma.ecore" epf:version="1.0.0" xmi:id="-TI6lqoTE1op3-SnmGa2S9Q" name="descriptor,_7rS6AB_JEdq6CKKKq4D7YA" guid="-TI6lqoTE1op3-SnmGa2S9Q" changeDate="2006-09-28T16:52:03.671-0400"> |
| <mainDescription>In the <a class="elementLink" href="./../../../base_concepts/guidances/termdefinitions/uma,_cj6jkB_PEdq6CKKKq4D7YA.html" guid="_cj6jkB_PEdq6CKKKq4D7YA">UMA</a>, a description is an abstract generalization for special <a class="elementLink" href="./../../../base_concepts/guidances/termdefinitions/breakdown_element,_cvdpEB_LEdq6CKKKq4D7YA.html" guid="_cvdpEB_LEdq6CKKKq4D7YA">breakdown element</a>s&nbsp;that reference one concrete <a class="elementLink" href="./../../../base_concepts/guidances/termdefinitions/content_element,_N8x34B_LEdq6CKKKq4D7YA.html" guid="_N8x34B_LEdq6CKKKq4D7YA">content element</a>. Descriptors are the key concept for realizing the separation of <a class="elementLink" href="./../../../base_concepts/guidances/termdefinitions/process,_yQ5m2NnmEdmO6L4XMImrsA.html" guid="_yQ5m2NnmEdmO6L4XMImrsA">process</a>&nbsp;from Method Content. A descriptor can be characterized as a reference |
| object for one particular content element. In addition, a descriptor&nbsp;has its own relationships and properties whose |
| purpose is to modify the semantics of the content element it refers to.</mainDescription> |
| </org.eclipse.epf.uma:ContentDescription> |