Delete Relation

API Name

API Name: Element – Delete Relation

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Overview

This API deletes an existing relation between a source element and a target element.

MBSE Core uses this API to:

• Remove structural links

• Remove dependencies

• Remove associations

• Maintain model consistency during synchronization

Connector responsibility:

• For the given source element and relation details:

  • Delete the corresponding relation in the end system.

• If the end system models relations as elements:

  • Delete the relation element.

• If the end system models relations implicitly:

  • Remove the link using the appropriate API.

• Ensure deletion is scoped to the given project and branch.

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API URI

DELETE: /mbse/api/1.0/elements/{elementId}/relations
    ?projectId={projectId}
    &elementTypeId={elementTypeId}
    &branchId={branchId}
    &relationType={relationType}
    &targetElementId={targetElementId}
    &targetElementTypeId={targetElementTypeId}

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Path Parameters

Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
elementId	True	String	ID of the source element in the relation.

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URI Parameters

Name	Mandatory	Type	Description
projectId	True	String	ID of the project.
elementTypeId	True	String	ID of the source element type.
branchId	False	String	ID of the branch. If omitted, default branch behavior applies.
relationType	True	String	Type of relation (e.g., Satisfied By, Verifies, Abstraction, dependency, r