Shared Models
The concept of "shared models" has been introduced in the Aspect Model Editor to support you defining model parts, which can be reused in multiple other models.
| In case you want to extract a part of an Aspect Model graph into a "shared model" please make sure to delete the Aspect element from the model. Creating "shared models" proves advantageous, particularly when developing broadly defined elements for use in various Aspect Models. |
After deleting the Aspect element, you can choose a new file name to describe the resulting "shared model". This file can then be saved in the workspace like any other ttl file.
As a result, you create a valid ttl file, which just does not contain the "Aspect" element. From all other points of view the lifecycle of such a model is similar with the one of an Aspect Model.
Such a model can be referenced from multiple other shared models and Aspect Models. As soon as you define such a reference the "shared model" it treated like a dependency from the Aspect Model’s perspective.
When using the "shared model", the process is the same as with references, see Use references.
| In case you need to convert a "shared model" into an Aspect Model, simply add an Aspect element as the first element in the graph. |