Information Catalog Manager Administration Guide

Rules for writing tag language files

The rules explained in this section apply to all tag language files.

• Each tag name must start with a colon and end with a period. Do not put spaces between the colon and the tag name, or between the tag name and the period. For example:

  :ACTION.OBJINST.
  

  The tag name must be one of the tag names that are listed in Table 29.

• Include at least one keyword with all tags except COMMENT, NL, or TAB.
• Write the keyword and its value like this:

  keyword(value)
  

• Specify keywords in any order. The only exception is that the SOURCEKEY keyword of the INSTANCE tag must be the first keyword.
• Use a blank to separate keywords.
• Enclose in parentheses the value of a keyword. If the value contains a parenthesis, enclose the parenthesis in a pair of apostrophes; for example:

  keyword(value'('1')')
  

• Do not use OBJTYPID, INSTIDNT, UPDATIME, or UPDATEBY as property short names (short_names) with the PROPERTY or INSTANCE tags.
• These property names are reserved by Information Catalog Manager:

  OBJTYPID

  INSTIDNT

  NAME

  UPDATIME

  UPDATEBY

  You can specify NAME as the short_name on the PROPERTY tag if you identify NAME as a UUI property for an object type when using ACTION.OBJTYPE(ADD) or ACTION.OBJTYPE(MERGE), as shown:

  :PROPERTY.SHRTNAME(NAME) UUISEQ(1)