A container is a special type of object that is used to group related objects, including other containers. For example, to model information about products and requirement you could use one container to represent a product and another container to represent the requirements for that product. For more than one product, you could create a separate container for each product or put all products in one container. Views A view is the graphical or textual representation of objects and relationships in a model. A model may have one or more views that display either the entire model or selected areas.
Views help to simplify understanding and analysis of the model.
An object is visually represented on screen by an object view. The object view defines the symbol, location, and zoom level used to display the object. An object can be displayed by more than one object view. For example, in a model of an organization, you may want to show all Person objects grouped together and also show each in another area of the model representing the organizational hierarchy. A relationship is visually represented on screen by a relationship view.