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Chapter 1: Defining Types
Defining Link Types 1.4
Link types are categories of links. They can represent, for example, associations,
transactions or commodity transfers. When you add a link type to your chart (for
example Sighting, Associates) it becomes a link, for example:
Link Type
(in palette)
You can define the following properties for link types:
Name The label displayed for the link type in the palette.
Color The line color of the link type.
Select a link type
from the palette,
as you draw the link between
two entities it becomes
a link.
Associates
Male 1 Female 1
Link
(on chart)
Semantic Type The basic category of information used to classify the link type.
For more information on semantic types, refer to How do I
assign a semantic type to a link type? on page 36.
User Palettes The palette(s) that the link type will appear on. A link type is
automatically added to the Standard palette but you can add it
to as many other palettes as you wish.
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