Cardinalities and types

Cardinality

Toolbox labelValueMeaning
Default(0,1)Optional, at most one
Mandatory(1,1)Exactly one
MultiOpt(0,N)Optional, many
Multi(1,N)At least one, many

The default cardinality is (0,1) for attributes and (0,N) for participations. An attribute with maximum N is multivalued.

Generalization type

Toolbox labelMeaning
Part.Excl.Partial, exclusive: a parent occurrence belongs to at most one child, or none.
Part.Over.Partial, overlapping: it can belong to several children, or none.
Tot.Excl.Total, exclusive: it belongs to exactly one child.
Tot.Over.Total, overlapping: it belongs to at least one child.