Planning what features to install

You can customize your software product by selecting which features to install.
When you install the product package by using IBM® Installation Manager, the installation wizard displays the features in the available product package. From the features list, you can select which to install. A default set of features is selected for you (including any required features). Installation Manager automatically enforces any dependencies between features and prevents you from clearing any required features.
Tip: After you finish installing the package, you can still add or remove features from your software product by running the Modify Packages wizard in Installation Manager.

This table shows the features of IBM Rational® Software Modeler that you can install. Default selections of features to install might vary. If a feature already exists in your shared resources directory, it will not be selected by default and will not be installed again.

Feature Description Selected for installation by default
UML modeling Supports the creation, validation, and management of semantic models and diagrams based on Unified Modeling Language (UML) version 2.1. This feature is the foundation for many other capabilities, including UML-based patterns, transformations, model analysis, and reporting. Yes
UML-to-UML pattern implementations Automates the creation of new model content based on existing model content. More than 20 pattern implementations are included, as well as tooling support for developing your own pattern implementations. Yes
Service modeling Automates the generation of service models, which are models based on UML supplemented with the UML Profile for Software Services. Includes the profile and related tooling, as well as a transformation that automates the creation of such service models based on UML Activity models. Also provides a transformation that automates the creation of service models based on Java service implementations. No
Architecture integration frameworks and related tools Lets you describe the architecture of a complex system by using either the traditional Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) or the IBM Unified Modeling Language (UML) Profile-based Integrated Architecture (UPIA) framework. The DoDAF tools use UML to represent the structure of a system in visual, textual, and tabular formats. Architects can use the UPIA profile and tools to improve the interoperability of modeling tools and to enhance the reuse of architectural data. Both profiles are supported by specialized tools for composing models and producing views and reports of model content. No
BPMN modeling Supports the creation and management of semantic models and diagrams based on Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) version 2.0. No
Rational Rose® model import Helps you migrate IBM Rational Rose models and custom property sets. No
Rational RequisitePro® integration Provides a tightly integrated requirements management solution, with traceability between requirements, architecture, and implementation elements when IBM Rational RequisitePro is installed. No
Rational Requirements Composer integration Enables the reuse of use-case and process diagrams to develop architectures and solution designs that meet business needs. No
WebSphere® Business Model integration Renders a business process model from IBM WebSphere Business Modeler as a Unified Modeling Language (UML) version 2.1 model. No
InfoSphere™ Data Architect integration Transforms a Unified Modeling Language 2 (UML2) class model into a logical data model as supported by IBM InfoSphere Data Architect, formerly Rational Data Architect. (InfoSphere Data Architect includes the complementary feature to transform a logical data model into a UML class model.) No
IBM Rational System Architect integration Enables the import of UML models and diagrams from Rational System Architect into Rational UML modeling products, where the artifacts become architectural building blocks that conform to best practices for enterprise architecture. Also enables the export of UML 1.4-compatible models from Rational UML modeling products to Rational System Architect, to harvest best practices for enterprise architecture from existing solution architectures. No
Rational Asset Manager integration for systems and software architecture Publishes and imports UML models (or their subsets) as reusable assets. This is an effective way to manage designated scopes of UML content as reusable building blocks. It can also help you manage models that are treated as designated reference models of software architecture, including large-scale reference models such as the IBM Industry Models. No
Rational Asset Manager integration for plug-in assets Publishes patterns, transformations, UML profiles, custom deployment modeling static domains, and other kinds of assets that are implemented as Eclipse plug-ins. This integration can also provision (install) such assets to your Rational Software Modeler environment so they are ready to use. No
Reusable Asset Specification (RAS) support Provides a standard way to package and extract a set of related files (such as patterns, transformations, or other plug-in files) for efficient sharing among team members. Yes
Rational ClearCase® SCM Adapter Provides the IBM Rational ClearCase SCM and ClearCase MVFS plug-ins, which enable versioning of software architecture and implementation artifacts in ClearCase versioned object bases (VOBs) using snapshot views and dynamic views when ClearCase VOB and view servers are also installed. No
Rational Unified Process (RUP) Process Advisor and Process Browser Provides the Process Advisor, for context-sensitive guidance on developing software and using the IBM Rational Software Delivery Platform, and the Process Browser, for help related to your current tasks, artifacts, and tools. Yes
Rational Team Concert - Client The Rational Team Concert - Client contains everything you need to connect to the Rational Team Concert Server from your workstation and interact with your team. No
UML model analysis and metrics Inspects your Unified Modeling Language (UML) models for compliance with rules and best practices. Highlights potential problems and recommends changes for improved quality. Yes
Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) Provides a general reporting solution for producing reports, charts, and documents from a variety of data sources. Yes
Software architecture publishing and reporting Provides a feature for publishing Unified Modeling Language (UML) models as HTML and two model reporting solutions. First a new reporting solution based on Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools (BIRT) which provides improved customization and support for a wider variety of output formats, including HTML, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Excel. Second, the legacy, and now deprecated, XSLT-based reporting approach for those customers who built customized reports using this technology. Yes
Rational SoDA® integration Provides an integration with the IBM Rational SoDA product. Extract information from Unified Modeling Language (UML) models and integrate this with information from other Rational products to generate reports and documents, including Microsoft Word documents. No
Transformation authoring Provides tools to create custom model-to-model and model-to-text transformations and customize existing transformations. Transformations automate tasks such as generating model content and implementation code, and they can significantly improve development efficiency and solution quality. The authoring tools significantly accelerate the transformation development process, reducing time-to-value and increasing your return on investment. No
Application programming interface (API) migration Provides assistance for the migration of user-written plug-ins and pluglets from the extensibility APIs available in version 6 of the Rational Unified Modeling Language (UML) modeling products to the APIs available in version 7. No
Pluglets Provides an environment for creating small Java applications that can be used to extend the workbench. Pluglets are easier to develop and test than full Eclipse plug-ins, and they offer a good way to learn some of the extensibility application programming interfaces (APIs). No
Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) Provides tools for creating, developing, testing, debugging, and deploying Eclipse plug-ins, which can be used to extend the Eclipse environment. Yes
Eclipse technology extensibility Includes the Eclipse SDK and plug-ins that enable you to use and extend the Eclipse platform and the following Eclipse technologies: Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF), Graphical Editing Framework (GEF), Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF), Java Development Tools (JDT), Unified Modeling language version 2 (UML2), Java Emitter Template (JET), and XML Schema Definition (XSD). With these application programming interfaces (APIs), extension points, and utilities, you can extend the functionality of your workbench in a number of ways, such as creating your own domain-specific modeling languages. No
Modeling extensibility Lets you extend the modeling and development functionality of this workbench-based environment through a combination of Unified Modeling Language (UML) profiles, application programming interfaces (APIs), extension points, and utilities. No
Reusable Assets Standard (RAS) extensibility Lets you extend the RAS functionality of this workbench-based environment through a combination of application programming interfaces (APIs), extension points, and utilities No

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