Use annotations with other tools

The following table lists the effect of annotations on both IBM® Rational® Rhapsody® and other-vendor tools.
Table 1. List of effects of annotations on IBM Rational Rhapsody and other-vendor tools
Tool Description
COM API Annotations are supported by the COM API through the following interfaces:
  • IRPAnnotation
  • IRPComment
  • IRPConstraint
  • IRPRequirement
Complete Relation When you select Layout > Complete Relations, anchors are part of the information added to the diagram.
IBM Rational Rhapsody DiffMerge Annotations are included in difference and merge operations.
Populate Diagram Annotations and anchors are not supported.
References If you use the References functionality for a modeled annotation, the tool lists the diagrams in which the specified annotation displays. When you select a diagram from the returned list, the annotation is highlighted in the diagram.

If you use the References functionality for an element, the tool includes any annotations that are anchored to the specified element

For more information about this functionality, see Searching in the model.

Report on model Modeled annotations are listed by type under the owning package. Graphical annotations are not included in the list.
IBM Rational Rose® Notes in Rational Rose (which are not displayed in the browser) are imported as notes in Rational RhapsodyAnnotations.

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