Stereotyping is an extensibility mechanism in the Unified Modeling Language (UML). This allows you to extend the vocabulary of UML to create new model elements, based on existing ones.
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Open the model diagram in Visio.
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Select the element on the diagram that you want to stereotype.
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Right-click the element, and on the pop-up menu, select Show Stereotype.
The stereotype appears in guillemets (« ») above the element name.
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Type the name of the stereotype that you want to use.
