Typographic conventions and terms

Typographic conventions

This document uses the following conventions.

bold

Indicates something you select in the User Interface. Also indicates a new term the first time that it appears.

Courier font

Indicates a literal value, such as a command name, file name, information that you type, or information that the system prints on the screen.

italic Indicates a variable name or a cross-reference. When you view IBM WebSphere InterChange Server document as a PDF file, cross-references are both italic and blue. You can click on a cross-reference to jump to the target information.
italic courier
Indicates a variable name within literal text.




Separates a code fragment from the rest of the text.

blue outline

A blue outline, which is visible only when you view a manual online, indicates a cross-reference hyperlink. Click inside the outline to jump to the object of the reference.

{WBIC INSTALL DIR}

Represents the directory where the product is installed.

{ }

In a syntax line, curly braces surround a set of options from which you must choose only one.

|

In a syntax line, a pipe separates a set of options from which you must choose one and only one.

[ ]

In a syntax line, brackets surround an optional parameter.

...

In a syntax line, ellipses indicate a repetition of the previous parameter. For example, option[,...] means that you can enter multiple, comma-separated options.

< >

Angle brackets surround individual elements of a name to distinguish them from each other, as in <server_name><connector_name>tmp.log.

/. \

In this document, backslashes (\) are used as the convention for directory paths. For UNIX installations, substitute slashes (/) for backslashes. All product pathnames are relative to the directory where WebSphere Business Integration Connect is installed on your system.

UNIX:/Windows:

Paragraphs beginning with either of these indicate notes listing operating system differences.

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