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Adding the UML Standard profile package to a model (UML Standard profile)
1. Ensure that you have Database Write access permissions to the Model's Database.
2. Open the Model to which you want apply the UML Standard profile.
3. On the Tools menu, click Add Profile.
4. Select the UML entry, and then click OK.
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• Do not make changes to the UML Standard profile. Any changes you make will be lost when the profile is updated.
Note that you can create Tag Definitions outside of the UML Standard profile, and link those Tag Definitions to Stereotypes in the UML Standard profile. When the UML Standard profile is updated, the links will not be broken.
• Do not create copies of the UML Standard profile within a model, or create copies of the UML Standard profile through XMI Import/Export. The copies of the UML Standard profile will not work correctly and you will not be able to update the copies through the Update All Profiles command.