Glossary Term Associations
Terms may be cross-linked in a wide variety of relationship types, including:
Glossary Association Type | Description | Effect on inferred name and description assignment | Effect on definition lookup | Effect on semantic usage |
Synonyms | Terms with nearly identical meaning | N | Yes | Yes |
See Also | Additional related terms | No | No | No |
More General | Terms which have a more general context or are a more abstract concept | Yes | Yes | No |
More Specific | Terms which have a more precise context or are a more specific concept | No | No | Yes |
Contains | Terms which are considered to contribute to the complete concept, e.g., Name Contains First Name | No | No | No |
Contained By | Term which is the parent container in which this term is defined, e.g., Street Name is Contained By Physical Address | No | No | No |
Represents | The relationship between a domain type term and the terms which are expressions of that domain. E.g., Account Amount Available Represents Unified Dollar Amount | No | No | Yes |
Represented By | The relationship between a term that is an expression of a domain type term. E.g., Unified Dollar Amount is Represented by Account Amount Available | No | Yes | No |
When viewing the semantic usage in the Semantic Flow tab, the List view and the Diagram view do not present the same result set. The List view presents the portion of the semantic definition trace which contributes to the (inferred) Business Name and Business Description of the object. However, the Diagram view shows the complete lineage trace. In this way, you may use the List view to identify how the (inferred) Business Name and Business Description was determined and you may use the Diagram view to see all the lineage impacting related objects.
Simply edit a specific term to do so.