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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2006
Jochen Seemann, Duvall, WA (US);
Gareth A. Jones, Lower Cambourne, GB;
Stuart J. H. Kent, Canterbury, GB;
Patrick S. Tseng, Kirkland, WA (US);
Jochen Seemann, Duvall, WA (US);
Gareth A. Jones, Lower Cambourne, GB;
Stuart J. H. Kent, Canterbury, GB;
Patrick S. Tseng, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Use of declarative constraints in an error validation framework of a graphical modeling tool. The declarative constraints define one or more rules that objects of a graphical model should adhere to. When enforced against the graphical model, objects that do not conform to the rules may be identified. A declarative relationship between the non-conforming object and its visual representation in a graphical diagram may be used to allow for visually identifying the visual representation in the graphical diagram.