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Appendix B: The i2 Semantic Approach
Semantic Types and Data Records 0.6
Whereas Analyst’s Notebook uses semantic types to provide the real-world
meaning for the entity types, link types and attribute classes that are added to a
chart, data sources use semantic types to add meaning to each record and to the
data in the fields of each record. When you choose to extract this data for charting
in Analyst’s Notebook, it is transferred to Analyst’s Notebook in the form of a data
record, which is held as part of the chart item.
A data record has a unique identifier called a database key and a related semantic
type. Linked to the key is a collection of data items derived from the record fields,
known as properties. Each property is assigned a property semantic type, which is
used to align the data with similar properties from other data sources. It provides
meaning for the data when matching the data with other chart items. These
semantic types are all assigned by the data source and cannot be changed within
Analyst’s Notebook.
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This semantic type
provides meaning for
the data record, and
helps to align this data
record with other data
records in the chart.
These semantic types
provide meaning for the
property values, and
help to align the values
with other similar
properties in other data
records.