The following table lists the .xmi files created and managed by EPF Composer. For each file, we describe
what types of changes affect those files:
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EPF Composer File
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Changes that Affect the File
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library.xmi
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Creating/deleting/renaming a plug-in
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Creating/deleting/renaming a process (a capability pattern or a delivery process)
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Changing a configuration
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plugin.xmi
(one for each plug-in)
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Creating/deleting method elements (method content or processes)
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Creating/refining method element brief descriptions (method content or processes)
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Creating/refining method element names (name or presentation name)
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Creating/refining method content variability (contribute, extend, replace)
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Creating/refining relationships (guidance, inputs work products, output work products, roles)
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Creating/refining categorizations (domain, work product kind, role set, discipline)
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Creating/refining method content categories (custom or standard)
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Creating/refining method packages (method content or process packages)
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Assigning a shape or node icon
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A new
plugin.xmi file is created when a new plug-in is created
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<method content name>.xmi
(one for each method content element)
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Refining the descriptive text for the method content element (all fields except the name,
presentation name and brief description).
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Changing the name of a method content element will cause the name of this file to change.
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<process name>/model.xmi
(one for each process)
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Creating/refining activities
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Creating/refining activity brief descriptions
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Creating/refining activity names (name and presentation name)
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Creating/refining activity relationships (predecessor, extend, copy)
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Creating/refining process diagrams
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Refining the activity attributes (found on the General properties tab), such as repeatable,
ongoing, etc. or predecessor relationships
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Creating/refining the entry or exit state of a work product
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<process name>/content.xmi
(one for each process)
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Refining textual content of method descriptors (tasks, roles, work products). This includes all of
the descriptive text, except the presentation names and brief descriptions
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