In MagicDraw® UML, the MagicDraw SysML Plugin, and Magic Cyber-Systems Engineer ® (Cameo Systems Modeler®) there is the concept of an UNSPECIFIED
type, but it is not the equivalent of a "match all"!
If you connect a typed OutputPin to an untyped (UNSPECIFIED) InputPin with an ObjectFlow it changes the type of the "target" InputPin.
In some cases this is desirable behavior, but not always. For example, it can make it difficult to have Behaviors that represent common mathematical operations that should apply to many types. If you connect in a usage (CallBehaviorAction) in one Activity usage context, it can change the underlying Parameter type, so that it is no longer compatible with usages in other contexts.
As a result, you can end up with an explosion of small Behaviors for representing common maths operations for each combination of parameter types (especially if you wish to go beyond just using the SysML Real, such as when trying to model the Mathematica Quantity).
There are many other circumstances where "connecting" to an element of UNSPECIFIED
type causes its type to "upgrade" automatically.
Compare this behavior with the Blank _
of Mathematica, which matches any expression:
But working with SysML Parametrics models of Mathematica equations and functions is easier: