Semantic check errors, warnings, and notes

When defining a semantic check rule in ARIS Architect, you specify whether an error, a warning, or a note should be issued if the rule is not followed. Depending on the purpose of the check, a rule violation can have different weight. If a rule checks the model structure, the absence of an attribute can be issued as a warning. However, if the attribute is intended for further processing in another system, it must be set as an error. Because the weighting of a rule violation is purpose-dependent, the following description applies as an example.

Error

If modeling conventions are not observed, the rule violation is classified as an error when defining semantic checks. Such a rule violation for models of the type BPMN Collaboration Diagram would be if either the start event or the end event is missing.

Warning

A warning can be issued, for example, if a model has been modeled correctly, but certain attributes of objects have not been maintained.

Note

A note is appropriate if it was defined that the Name attribute of models should always be placed in the model. But the model is also correct without the placed attribute. Therefore, the modeler is only informed about the rule violation.