Concept Type Properties
Concept type characteristics
The Characteristics tab of concept type properties enables access to its main characteristics.
With HOPEX Information Architecture, the concept type is described by:
• its Designation, which is represented by one or several terms,
To modify the name of a concept in the corresponding language, you must access concept properties and modify the name of the term in the specific language. For more details, see Concept and Term.• the Definition Text,
• The Synonyms section enables specification of a list of synonym concepts,
A synonym is a term interchangeable with another term in the context of a concept of this term that has the same or almost the same meaning.For more details, see Concept and Term.• The Realization section enables association of an application architecture element to the concept.
For more information, see HOPEX Logical Data.Links between a concept and other dictionary 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 Super-Type tab presents concept types whose properties are inherited by the described concept type, for more details see Describing Concept Type Variations