A security file controls who can access the database. Each database is associated with a security file. When you log on, you log on to a specific security file and that file then becomes current. Semantic Type A category that defines the real-world meaning of the data and therefore how applications should interpret that data. For example, Person is a semantic type that could be assigned to entity types such as Male, Victim, and Witness. The semantic type allows the application to understand that each of those entity types are a different way of depicting people in the real world. The semantic types are organized into three hierarchies: Entity semantic type Link semantic type Property semantic type See also: , , . Semantics The way in which IBM products can analyze and manipulate data according to its real-world meaning. Set A user-specified list of entities, links, or both. Entities and links can belong to more than one set. Sets can be combined into other sets. Show To display the fields of an entity or link on a form on the screen. Single Connection A connection in which all the links are represented as a single link, preserving the direction. See also: . Source Reference An identifier indicating the origin of the information such as a document reference number. Source Type A description of the information supplier such as Officer, Witness or Record. Standard Field
A security file controls who can access the database. Each database is associated with a security file. When you log on, you log on to a specific security file and that file then becomes current. Semantic Type A category that defines the real-world meaning of the data and therefore how applications should interpret that data. For example, Person is a semantic type that could be assigned to entity types such as Male, Victim, and Witness. The semantic type allows the application to understand that each of those entity types are a different way of depicting people in the real world. The semantic types are organized into three hierarchies: Entity semantic type Link semantic type Property semantic type See also: , , . Semantics The way in which IBM products can analyze and manipulate data according to its real-world meaning. Set A user-specified list of entities, links, or both. Entities and links can belong to more than one set. Sets can be combined into other sets. Show To display the fields of an entity or link on a form on the screen. Single Connection A connection in which all the links are represented as a single link, preserving the direction. See also: . Source Reference An identifier indicating the origin of the information such as a document reference number. Source Type A description of the information supplier such as Officer, Witness or Record. Standard Field
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