diff --git a/backend/services/syson-diagram-services/src/main/java/org/eclipse/syson/diagram/services/DiagramQueryLabelService.java b/backend/services/syson-diagram-services/src/main/java/org/eclipse/syson/diagram/services/DiagramQueryLabelService.java
index 52dceaf5f..235021c89 100644
--- a/backend/services/syson-diagram-services/src/main/java/org/eclipse/syson/diagram/services/DiagramQueryLabelService.java
+++ b/backend/services/syson-diagram-services/src/main/java/org/eclipse/syson/diagram/services/DiagramQueryLabelService.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;
 
 import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.BinaryOperator;
 
 import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.FeatureValue;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.LiteralExpression;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.MultiplicityRange;
+import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.Namespace;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.OwningMembership;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.Redefinition;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.ReferenceSubsetting;
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.Type;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.Usage;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.VariantMembership;
+import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.helper.EMFUtils;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.helper.LabelConstants;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.textual.SysMLElementSerializer;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.textual.utils.Appender;
@@ -202,13 +205,37 @@ public String getTypingLabel(Element element) {
                     label.append(LabelConstants.SPACE);
                     label.append(LabelConstants.COLON);
                     label.append(LabelConstants.SPACE);
-                    label.append(this.getDeclaredNameLabel(type));
+                    label.append(this.buildImportContextRelativeQualifiedName(type, element));
                 }
             }
         }
         return label.toString();
     }
 
+    private String buildImportContextRelativeQualifiedName(Element element, Element from) {
+        String qualifiedName = Optional.ofNullable(element.getQualifiedName()).orElse("");
+        Element commonAncestor = EMFUtils.getLeastCommonContainer(Element.class, element, from);
+        if (commonAncestor != null) {
+            String prefix = commonAncestor.getQualifiedName() + "::";
+            if (qualifiedName.startsWith(prefix)) {
+                qualifiedName = qualifiedName.substring(prefix.length());
+            }
+        }
+        var namespaces = EMFUtils.getAncestors(Namespace.class, from, null);
+        if (namespaces.stream().anyMatch(ns -> this.nsImports(ns, element))) {
+            qualifiedName = Optional.ofNullable(element.getDeclaredName()).orElse("");
+        }
+        return qualifiedName;
+    }
+
+    private boolean nsImports(Namespace ns, Element element) {
+        return ns.getImportedMembership().stream()
+                .filter(OwningMembership.class::isInstance)
+                .map(OwningMembership.class::cast)
+                .map(OwningMembership::getMemberElement)
+                .anyMatch(importedMemeber -> importedMemeber == element);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getValueLabel(Usage usage) {
         return this.getValueStringRepresentation(usage, false);
diff --git a/backend/services/syson-diagram-services/src/test/java/org/eclipse/syson/diagram/services/DiagramQueryLabelServiceTest.java b/backend/services/syson-diagram-services/src/test/java/org/eclipse/syson/diagram/services/DiagramQueryLabelServiceTest.java
index 19cf66027..3ec5393e2 100644
--- a/backend/services/syson-diagram-services/src/test/java/org/eclipse/syson/diagram/services/DiagramQueryLabelServiceTest.java
+++ b/backend/services/syson-diagram-services/src/test/java/org/eclipse/syson/diagram/services/DiagramQueryLabelServiceTest.java
@@ -19,19 +19,25 @@
 
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.AttributeUsage;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.ConstraintUsage;
+import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.DataType;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.Dependency;
+import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.Element;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.Feature;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.FeatureChainExpression;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.FeatureChaining;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.FeatureDirectionKind;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.FeatureReferenceExpression;
+import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.FeatureTyping;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.FeatureValue;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.InterfaceUsage;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.LiteralInteger;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.Membership;
+import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.NamespaceImport;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.OperatorExpression;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.OwningMembership;
+import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.Package;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.ParameterMembership;
+import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.PartDefinition;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.ReferenceUsage;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.RequirementConstraintMembership;
 import org.eclipse.syson.sysml.ResultExpressionMembership;
@@ -426,6 +432,51 @@ public void testGetEdgeLabelOfInterfaceWithNameAndShortName() {
         assertThat(this.labelService.getEdgeLabel(interfaceUsage)).isEqualTo(SHORT_NAME_LABEL + " interface");
     }
 
+    @DisplayName("GIVEN a namespace imported, WHEN the label of an attribute whose type is from the imported namespace, THEN the attribute's type should be shortened in its label")
+    @Test
+    public void testAttributeTypeShortenedIfNamespaceImported() {
+        String customTypeName = "CustomType";
+
+        Package parentPackage = SysmlFactory.eINSTANCE.createPackage();
+        parentPackage.setDeclaredName("Parent");
+
+        Package definition = SysmlFactory.eINSTANCE.createPackage();
+        definition.setDeclaredName("TypeDefinition");
+        this.addOwnedMember(parentPackage, definition);
+
+        DataType customDataType = SysmlFactory.eINSTANCE.createDataType();
+        customDataType.setDeclaredName(customTypeName);
+        this.addOwnedMember(definition, customDataType);
+
+        Package usage = SysmlFactory.eINSTANCE.createPackage();
+        usage.setDeclaredName("TypeUsage");
+        this.addOwnedMember(parentPackage, usage);
+
+        NamespaceImport nsImport = SysmlFactory.eINSTANCE.createNamespaceImport();
+        nsImport.setImportedNamespace(definition);
+        this.addOwnedMember(usage, nsImport);
+
+        PartDefinition partDef = SysmlFactory.eINSTANCE.createPartDefinition();
+        partDef.setDeclaredName("PartDef1");
+        this.addOwnedMember(usage, partDef);
+
+        AttributeUsage attribute = SysmlFactory.eINSTANCE.createAttributeUsage();
+        attribute.setDeclaredName("x1");
+        this.addOwnedMember(partDef, attribute);
+
+        FeatureTyping typing = SysmlFactory.eINSTANCE.createFeatureTyping();
+        typing.setType(customDataType);
+        attribute.getOwnedRelationship().add(typing);
+
+        assertThat(this.labelService.getCompartmentItemLabel(attribute)).isEqualTo("x1 : CustomType");
+    }
+
+    private void addOwnedMember(Element parent, Element child) {
+        OwningMembership owningMembership = SysmlFactory.eINSTANCE.createOwningMembership();
+        owningMembership.getOwnedRelatedElement().add(child);
+        parent.getOwnedRelationship().add(owningMembership);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates an {@link OperatorExpression} in the given {@code constraintUsage}.
      * <p>