Individuals
An individual represents the instance of a concept.
Accessing Concept Individuals
You can access a concept's individuals in the concept's properties:
1. Click the Glossary > Business Dictionaries navigation menu.
2. Click the Concepts tab .
3. Click the relevant concept to display its properties.
4. Click the Characteristics page.
5. At the top of the page, click Manage sections and select Individuals.
The corresponding section appears with the list of concept occurrences.
Creating an Individual
To create an individual from a concept:
1. Open the concept properties.
2. Click the Characteristics page.
3. In the Individuals section, click New.
The creation wizard opens.
4. Select the Create object option.
5. Enter the name of the individual and click Create.
Individual Properties
The properties window of an individual presents the following elements:
• Its main Characteristics with its Local Name and owner dictionary.
• Classifications, which indicate which concept characterizes the individual.
For more details, see Creating an Individual Classification.• The Individual States, which present the different states of an individual. For example, the individual “John Smith”, linked to the concept “Person”, changes state from ‘child' to ‘Teenager', “Adult”, and so on.
For more details, see Describing Individual States and Events.• The Components
For more details, see Creating a Dictionary Entity Component.Creating an Individual Classification
An individual classification is used to connect an individual to the concept that characterizes it.
For example, the individual "Asimov" is an instance of "Person" and "The Robots" is an instance of "Work".
To create an individual classification:
1. Open the properties window of the individual carrying the relationship.
For example, the "Asimov" individual.
2. Select the Characteristics tab.
3. In the Classification section, click the New button.
The creation wizard opens.
4. At the left of the Characterizing Element field, click the Connect button.
The query wizard opens.
5. Select the concept you want to connect.
For example, the "Person" concept.
6. Click OK.
Creating a Dictionary Entity Component
An entity component is used to connect an individual to a dictionary element.
You can also connect two individuals with a Dictionary Entity Component relationship type.
For example, you can specify that "Asimov" is the author of the work "The Robots".
To create a dictionary entity component between two individuals:
1. Open the properties window of the individual carrying the relationship.
For example, the "Asimov" individual.
2. Select the Components tab.
3. Click the New button.
The creation wizard opens.
4. At the left of the Characterizing Element field, click the Connect button.
The query wizard opens.
5. Select the individual you want to connect.
For example, the "The Robots" individual.
6. Click OK.
The entity component is created. It appears in the individual structure diagram of the described object.
For more details, see Individual Structure Diagram.Individual Structure Diagram
The individual structure diagram describes the internal structure of the concept instance and the links between its components. This diagram is initialized from concept graph elements.
This diagram is composed of dictionary entity components used to connect two individuals.
It is then possible to specify that "Asimov" is the author of the work "The Robots".
An entity component is used to connect an individual to a dictionary element.For more details, see Creating a Dictionary Entity Component.