Describing Concept Structural Components
With HOPEX Information Architecture, a concept can be connected to another concept to characterize it.
For example, the "Work" concept is connected to the "Person" concept to characterize the "Author" of a work.
This relationship is described by a Concept Structural Component, which can be associated with a term.
A concept structural component enables representation of a dependency relationship between two concepts. This relationship is directional.
Accessing concept structural components
To access concept structural components:
1. Open the properties of a concept.
2. Select the Components tab.
3. Expand the Structural Components section.
The list of structural components held appears.
You can also consult the list of structural components of a concept from its concept structure diagram. For more details, see
"Concept structure diagram".
Creating a concept structural component from a graph
The procedure for creating the "Author" concept structural component between concepts "Work" and "Person" is described as an example.
To create a concept structural component between two concepts of a business information area:
1. In the concept graph associated with the business information area, click on the concept that holds the link.
If you are in
HOPEX Windows Front-End, roll the mouse over the concept that own the link and click
.
2. Select Concept Structural Component.
3. Click the target concept.
The concept structural component creation wizard appears.
4. Specify the Local Name, for example "Author".
5. Given that the term "Author" must be created, select the "Creation with term" check box.
In the section Term appears in the creation creation dialog box.
A term is a word or word group, that is used for a specific meaning in a specific context.
6. In the Definition Text field, enter the text of the Concept Structural Component definition and click OK.
The concept structural component appears in the graph.
A new term with the same name as the concept structural component is also created.
You can also create a concept structural component in a concept structure diagram. In this case, you must specify the target concept in the concept structural component creation wizard
