Elements

graph TD; %% REQVIRE-AUTOGENERATED-DIAGRAM %% Graph styling classDef userRequirement fill:#D1C4E9,stroke:#7E57C2,stroke-width:2px; classDef systemRequirement fill:#E1D8EE,stroke:#673AB7,stroke-width:1.5px; classDef verification fill:#DCEDC8,stroke:#4CAF50,stroke-width:2px; classDef folder fill:#FAFAFA,stroke:#9E9E9E,stroke-width:3px; classDef file fill:#FFF8E1,stroke:#FFCA28,stroke-width:2px; classDef default fill:#F5F5F5,stroke:#424242,stroke-width:1.5px; subgraph 8735c0a811307e57["๐Ÿ“ requirements/Functional/Core"] subgraph 793b6191caf1a62f["๐Ÿ“„ Constraints.md"] c2c71cb34cb7b7c9["Cross-Section Duplicate Constraint"]; class c2c71cb34cb7b7c9 default; click c2c71cb34cb7b7c9 "Constraints.html#cross-section-duplicate-constraint"; c1660a11594249ca["Element Type Relation Compatibility Constraint"]; class c1660a11594249ca default; click c1660a11594249ca "Constraints.html#element-type-relation-compatibility-constraint"; end end

Cross-Section Duplicate Constraint

Rules for detecting duplicate link targets across subsections.

Cross-section duplicates (same target in BOTH Relations AND Attachments):

  • Applies to all target types: element identifiers AND file paths
  • Treated as semantic errors requiring user resolution
  • The validate command fails with error
  • The format command does not auto-fix (user must decide which section to keep)

Within-section duplicates (same entry repeated in Relations OR in Attachments):

  • Treated as formatting issues, not validation errors
  • The format fix operation removes duplicate entries
  • The validate command does not fail for within-section duplicates

Metadata

  • type: constraint

Relations


Element Type Relation Compatibility Constraint

Validation rules for element type and relation type combinations.

Details

Relation Type Restrictions:

Relation TypeAllowed Source TypesAllowed Target Types
derivedFrom/deriverequirement, user-requirementrequirement, user-requirement
satisfiedBy/satisfyrequirement, user-requirement, test-verification, refinement typesInternalPath, refinement types
verifiedBy/verifyrequirement, user-requirementAll verification types
traceAny (except refinement types)Any

Key Constraints:

  • derivedFrom/derive restricted to requirement types only
  • Refinement types (constraint, behavior, specification) can only have satisfy relations
  • Only test-verification can use satisfiedBy among verification types
  • Elements with type โ€œotherโ€ can only use trace relations

Metadata

  • type: constraint

Relations