The following table describes the attributes for the association element:

Attributes	Description
ruleName	Required. Name of the rule defined for the specified association.
name	Required. Name of the association.

You can add the "from" element within the association element in an association rule. The "from" element identifies the "from" object in the association. You must also specify the "to" element.

For example, you create the following association rule:

<loadTemplate name="AS400_1" targetModel="AS400" templateSpecVersion="1.0">
<association ruleName="AS400ParentRule" name="ParentAssociation">
<from>FROM_ELEMENT</from>
<to>TO_ELEMENT</to>
</association>

In this example, the association rule defines associations between "from" objects and "to" objects. The "from" objects come from the FROM_ELEMENT column in the metadata source file. The "to" objects come from the TO_ELEMENT column in the metadata source file.

You can add the "to" element within the association element in an association rule. The "to" element identifies the "to" object in the association. You must also specify the "from" element.