The forward traceability ensures that all specified artifacts are covered by elements from the lower abstraction level. 

Property Name

Description

Applied forReference through...Value elements typeExample
Manifested By Artifacts

The property shows artifacts that physically render the current component. 

Component

Relationships: Manifestation 

Artifact

Realizing Component

The property shows the components representing the class realization in the Implementation model. 

Class

Relationships: Abstraction

Component

Realizing Classifier

The property shows classifiers that realize components through component realization. 

Component

Relationships: Component Realization, Realization 

Classifier

Realizing Class

The property shows the classes representing the use case realization in the Design model. 

Use Class

Relationships: Abstraction

Class

Realizing Use Case

The property shows the realizing use cases of the current use case in the lower level of abstraction thus demonstrating how the use case is implemented. For example, the Requirements Use Case realizes the Business Use Case. 

Use Case

Relationships: Abstraction

Use Case

Realizing Classifier

The property shows the classifiers conforming to the contract specified by the interface and related with this interface through the interface realization relationship. 

Interface

Relationships: Interface Realization 

Classifier

Realizing Element, All Realizing Elements.

The Realizing Element property gathers realizing elements from the lower abstraction level.

The All Realizing Elements property transitively gathers realizing elements from all lower abstraction levels.

Element

Relationships: Abstraction, Component Realization, Interface Realization. 

Element