Element role

Relationship concept

Recorded core meaning: A named business association that can carry properties.

rel

Category: element
Core binding: EL55
Semantic family: concept

rel 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 rel

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

Available in these profiles

c4.dynamic@1canvas.bmc@1canvas.empathy@1canvas.lean@1canvas.pest@1canvas.pestle@1canvas.porter5@1canvas.scorecard@1chart.arc@1chart.basic@1chart.beeswarm@1chart.boxplot@1chart.calendar@1chart.candlestick@1chart.circlepack@1chart.density@1chart.densityheatmap@1chart.dotplot@1chart.edgebundle@1chart.force@1chart.funnel@1chart.gauge@1chart.heatmap@1chart.histogram@1chart.packedbubble@1chart.parallelcoords@1chart.qq@1chart.quality@1chart.quantiledot@1chart.radar@1chart.radialtree@1chart.sankey@1chart.sunburst@1chart.tidytree@1chart.topk@1chart.treemap@1chart.violin@1chart.wordcloud@1ddn@1erd.crowfoot@1geo.choropleth@1geo.outline@1geo.symbols@1matrix.ansoff@1matrix.bcg@1matrix.crud@1matrix.heatmap@1matrix.raci@1matrix.relations@1matrix.storymap@1matrix.tows@1msc.basic@1panels.basic@1panels.composed@1panels.journey@1panels.pyramid@1panels.venn@1sysml.sequence@1table.records@1timeline.basic@1uml.communication@1uml.communication@2uml.object@1uml.object@2uml.sequence@1uml.sequence@2uml.timing@1uml.timing@2

Standard presentation values

{
  "colour": "#365C8D",
  "fill": "#EEF3F9",
  "shape": "card",
  "glyph": "link",
  "text_label": "Relationship concept",
  "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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