Publication For Capella User Manual

1. Getting started

1.1. Get Publication For Capella

1.2. Requirements

Client Server Comment

Memory Usage

-Xmx4g

n/a

CPU

2 Ghz 64-bit (x64) processor

n/a

Networking

n/a

n/a

Scalability

n/a

n/a

1.3. Scaling limits

1.3.1. Get help

Where can you get help ?
Professional services

Publication For Capella offers support for all our users. We currently provide email-based support which we have found to be most effective for a number of reasons.

It’s easy for our support team to triage conversations and get them to the right people quickly. It helps us get you the answers you need so you can get back to modeling. It’s also easy for users to attach files, videos, and screenshots that our support team might need for troubleshooting more complicated issues.

If you are a customer and have purchased a Software Assurance, then you can:

  • Contact the Publication For Capella support by sending an email to: p4c-support@obeo.fr.

  • Contact your internal support to open a ticket in the dedicated bug tracker.

What are the Publication For Capella support hours ?

Our support team members are in Europe.

Support hours: Monday through Friday 9am - 5pm CET.

2. Features

Table 1. Publication For Capella Features
Status Comment

Expose Models via a Web UI

Stable

Model Elements and Diagrams are exposed and are easily navigable. The semantic browser information is also available, which makes it easier to navigate and analyze the model elements.

Easy Search for model elements via a Web UI

Stable

A search UI is available to look up model elements according on different criteria.

Traceability with Third-Party Repositories

Stable

Any Capella element or diagram can be traced to third-party artifacts like Requirements or Test Cases.

OSLC Provider (for AM vocabulary)

Stable

The Capella elements of models published on the server are exposed as RDF via an OSLC-compliant REST API. They are exposed as objects of type Architecture Resource of the OSLC AM vocabulary (oslc_am:Resource).

OSLC Provider - Query API

Experimental

Publication For Capella can be queried via its OSLC API. It does not yet support all the constructs of the standard OSLC query API though.

OSLC Consumer

Stable

Publication For Capella can consume data from third-party servers if they are 'OSLC providers'. This is the means used by Publication For Capella to achieve the traceability feature

Create Traceability Links via drag & drop

Stable

Any Capella element or diagram can be traced to third-party artifacts like Requirements or Test Cases.

OpenID Connect Support

Stable

Publication For Capella only supports OpenIDConnect to authenticate users.

Global Configuration Support

Experimental

The support for Global Configuration is incomplete. However, it makes it possible to assign a specific Global Configuration to a published model, and manage the traceability of this model’s elements with third-party artifacts that are in the same Global Configuration.

Publication For Capella complies with OSLC version 2.0. As such, it may work with OSLC 3.0 repositories but there is no warranty about it. If you are interested in testing Publication For Capella with a specific OSLC compliant application, please contact Obeo.

3. Using Publication For Capella

To learn how to use the Publication For Capella web interface, refer to Using Publication For Capella Web Client.

To learn how to use the Publication For Capella contributor client (i.e. the Capella plug-in), refer to Using Publication For Capella Contributor Client.

To learn how to use the Publication For Capella server’s OSLC API, refer to Using Publication For Capella OSLC API.