Element role

External participant

Recorded core meaning: A software component that produces, consumes or manages data.

dfd.external

Category
element
Core binding
EL14
Semantic family
data
dfd.external base contour
Base contour or default endpoint marks from the new renderer. Instance metadata, compartments and optional artwork add context in the full profile.

Declare this role

element Example as dfd.external

Place the definition in a view whose profile permits this role. Reuse a shared definition with use Example.

Available in these profiles

Standard presentation values
{
  "colour": "#006D77",
  "fill": "#EBF5F5",
  "shape": "profile",
  "glyph": "object",
  "silhouette": "rect",
  "fallback": "application",
  "text_label": "External participant",
  "token_required_when_ambiguous": true,
  "defaults": {},
  "composition_defaults": {
    "sections": [
      "name",
      "type",
      "table",
      "notes"
    ],
    "order": [
      "table",
      "notes"
    ],
    "note_height": 180,
    "note_wrap": "auto"
  }
}
Registered metadata fields

x_activation, x_activity, x_affinity, x_art, x_bands, x_birth, x_boundary, x_boxed, x_c4tag, x_category, x_chen, x_cmmn, x_coil, x_constraint, x_contact, x_continuation, x_contract, x_custody, x_death, x_derive, x_diagram, x_epc, x_estimate, x_event, x_evidence, x_gate, x_gateway, x_hmscref, x_icon, x_idef0, x_instance, x_interfaces, x_invariant, x_io, x_jump, x_mindmap, x_objectified, x_pack, x_partition, x_petri, x_planning, x_protocol_role, x_rack, x_reconciliation, x_record, x_report, x_requirement, x_role, x_rule, x_sdl, x_sentry, x_sets, x_state, x_states, x_sticky, x_subdiagram, x_template, x_timeconstraint, x_ui, x_use, x_usecase, x_values, x_vsm, x_workflow, x_zone

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