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
• A 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.• Its Synonyms
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.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-Type tab presents concept types whose properties are inherited by the described concept type, for more details see Describing Concept Type Variations