Getting Started with InfoSphere Data Architect

66 Getting started with InfoSphere Data Architect
• Prime word: A word that represents the business concept about which data is
being collected. Prime words are nouns that describe the subject area of the data.
For example: LOAN, EMPLOYEE
• Class word: A word that identifies a distinct category or classification of data. For
example: RATE, NAME
• Modifier: A word that further qualifies or distinguishes the prime and class words. It
helps make the object name clear and unique, and it can help restrict the meaning
of the class and prime words. For example: NEXT, FIRST
You can use IBM InfoSphere Data Architect to help you define these semantic rules or
naming standards. You will learn more about how to specify some of these options for
future data modeling projects in Section 3.4, Working with naming standards.
To enforce the naming conventions that are specified in a glossary model, the glossary
model must be referenced by the project that contains the models to be analyzed. To
reference an existing glossary model in a project, perform the following steps:
Note:
You do not need to perform these steps, since you are creating a glossary model that the
project will reference in an upcoming section. This step is only necessary if you did not add
the glossary model to the project when you created it, or if you imported a glossary model
from another product.
1. Select the data design project in the Data Project Explorer. The properties for the
data design project display in the Properties view.
2. Open the Naming Standard tab, then click the Add button. The File Selection
window opens.
3. Expand the data design project, and then select the glossary model from the list of
files, as shown in Figure 3.13.