Entity Properties

You can modify an object's properties from its property sheet. To open an entity property sheet, double-click its diagram symbol or its Browser entry in the Entities folder.

The General tab contains the following properties:

Property

Description

Name

Name of the entity. It must be a no-colon-name (See Glossary)

Code

Code of the entity. It must be a no-colon-name

Comment

Descriptive label of the entity

Stereotype

Sub-classification used to extend the semantics of an object without changing its structure. It can be predefined or user-defined

Value

Value of the entity. A string of characters in the case of a predefined value. A URI in the case of an XML or a non-XML file. For example: http://something.com/pictures/logo.gif

Public

URI reference identifying the non-XML object. For example: pictures/gif

System

URI reference identifying the application that will process the non-XML object. For example: user/local/pictureViewer

Notation

Used to define and process non-XML objects within an XML model

Parameter

If selected, the entity is parsed within the DTD, and not within the XML document as for a general entity. A parameter entity allows you to predefine a value within a DTD. This predefined value can then be easily changed within the DTD


Created October 7, 2009. Send feedback on this help topic to Sybase Technical Publications: pubs@sybase.com