text=A binding relationship is a type of dependency relationship that assigns values to template parameters in order to generate a new model element (a class or collaboration) from the template (a template class or template collaboration). The template is the supplier in the relationship, and the model element is the consumer. The binding does not affect the template, so the template can be bound to any number of model elements. The binding does affect the model element, however, because the model element is defined by replacing the template parameters with the template arguments provided by the binding relationship.