- Attachment
- The category for object types used to attach additional information to
another information catalog object. For example, you can attach
comments to an object.
- category
- A classification for information catalog object types. The category
designates the actions available to object types and the relationships allowed
between object types in the same or different categories.
Object types belong to one of the following categories:
- Attachment
- Contact
- Dictionary
- Elemental
- Grouping
- Program
- Support
- collection
- A container for objects. A collection can be used to gather objects
of interest for easy access.
- Comments
- A classification for objects that annotate another object in the
information catalog. For example, you might attach a Comments object to
a chart object that contains notes about the data in the chart.
- contact
- A reference for more information about an object. More information
might include the person who created the information that the object
represents, or the department responsible for maintaining the
information.
- Dictionary
- The category for object types that can be used to define terminology (for
example, the "Glossary entries" object type in the sample information
catalog).
- Elemental
- The category for non-Grouping object types that are the building blocks
for other object types. Elemental object types are at the bottom of
object type hierarchies. "Columns in relational tables,"
"Presentations {electronic and printed}," and "Graphics
and Images" are all examples of Elemental object types.
- Grouping
- The category for object types that can contain other object types.
Examples of Grouping object types available in the sample information catalog
are "Tables or views in a relational database" (which contains the
Elemental object type "Columns in relational tables,)" and
"Multi-dimensional model" (which contains another Grouping object type
"Dimension)."
- information catalog
- The database managed by the Information Catalog Manager that contains
descriptive data to help users identify and locate the data and information
available to them in the organization.
- Information Catalog Manager administrator
- A person responsible for managing the content and use of the information
catalog.
- Information Catalog Manager user
- A person who accesses the information available in the information
catalogs.
- linked relationship
- A relationship between objects in an information catalog. Objects
in a linked relationship are peers, rather than one object being an underlying
object of the other.
- multiple character wildcard
- A character used to represent any series of characters of any
length. By default, the multiple character wildcard is an asterisk
(*). See also wildcard and single character
wildcard.
- object
- An item that represents a unit or distinct grouping of information.
Each information catalog object identifies and describes information, but does
not contain the actual information. For example, an object can provide
the name of a report, list its creation date, and describe its purpose.
- object type
- A classification for objects. An object type is used to reflect a
type of business information, such as a table, report, or image.
To see a list of object types and the icons used to represent them, click
Help -> Object type legend from any menu bar.
- Program
- The category for the Programs object type. The Programs object type
is a classification for objects that identify and describe applications
capable of processing the actual information described by information catalog
objects.
- property
- A characteristic or attribute that describes a unit of information.
Each object type has a set of associated properties. For example, the
"Graphics and Images" object type in the sample information catalog
includes the following properties:
- Name
- Description
- Image type
- Image filename
For each object, a set of values are assigned to the properties.
- single character wildcard
- A character used to represent any single character. By default, the
single character wild card is a question mark (?). See also
wildcard and multiple character wildcard.
- Support
- The category for object types that provide additional information about
your information catalog or enterprise (for example, the "Information
Catalog Manager News" object type in the sample information
catalog).
- Tree view
- A view that hierarchically displays an object and the objects that it
contains.
- wildcard
- A special character that is used as a variable when specifying property
values in a search. See also single character wildcard and
multiple character wildcard.