Element role

Topic / retained event channel

Recorded core meaning: A named event channel with partitioning, retention and access metadata.

topic

Category
element
Core binding
EL16
Semantic family
interface
topic 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 topic

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": "#6D4C91",
  "fill": "#F3EFF8",
  "shape": "card",
  "glyph": "topic",
  "text_label": "Topic / retained event channel",
  "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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