Icon class icon_class fas fa-quote-left icon_class_computed fas fa-quote-left Related content Examples of Dependency and Usage Dependency vs Usage vs Association vs Connector Association vs Connector - detailed Webel: SysML: TIP: CONVENTION (default policy suggestion): Use reverse time ordering for Dependency, reserve Usage, PackageImport, ElementImport for software dependencies Source Unified Modeling Language 2.5.1 Copyright information About Object Management Group copyright in text extracts quoted from OMG specifications for educational purposes Snippet kind INFO UML keywords Usage Dependency Dependency::client Dependency::supplier DirectedRelationship NamedElement Previous snippet A Dependency is a Relationship that signifies that a single model Element or a set of model Elements requires other model Elements for their specification or implementation. Full quote A Usage is a Dependency in which the client Element requires the supplier Element (or set of Elements) for its full implementation or operation. Next snippet Related snippets A Dependency is a Relationship that signifies that a single model Element or a set of model Elements requires other model Elements for their specification or implementation. This means that the complete semantics of the client Element(s) are either semantically or structurally dependent on the definition of the supplier Element(s). Related snippets (backlinks) Visit also Visit also (backlinks) Flags