Concept Type Properties
Concept type characteristics
The Characteristics tab of concept type properties enables access to its main characteristics.
A concept type is described by:
• A Definition
• Its Synonyms
*A synonym is a term which has the same definition as that of another term (the definition being on the associated conceptual object).
*For more details, see Concept and Term.
Links between a concept type and other dictionary or architecture elements
In addition to terminology characteristics, a concept is characterized by its relationships with other dictionary elements.
• The Component tab presents the list of owned concept type components , for more details see Concept Components.
• The Relationships > Realization tab enables association of an application architecture element to the concept.
*For more details, see Connecting the Business Concepts to the Logical and Physical architecture.
• The Relationships > Super-Types tab presents concept types whose properties are inherited from the described concept type. For more details see Describing Concept Type Variations.