Annotation Properties

You can modify an object's properties from its property sheet. To open an annotation property sheet, double-click its Browser entry in the Annotations folder. The following sections detail the property sheet tabs that contain the properties most commonly entered for annotations.

The General tab contains the following properties:

Property

Description

ID

Must be of type ID and unique within the model containing the annotation.

Items Tab

This tab lists the documentation and application information tags contained within the annotation. You can create a documentation or application information using the following tools:

Tool

Description

Add Documentation - Adds a comment or a document reference to be read by users

Add Application Information - Adds an information to be used by applications for processing instructions

Note: These tools are also available on the Annotations tab of an element or other object property sheet - to add content to an annotation at the global, schema level

Documentation and Application Information Properties

The General tab contains the following properties:

Property

Description

Source

Source of the content. It must be a URI reference

Language

[documentation only] Language used in the documentation. For example: en, en-GB, en-US, de, fr

The Content tab allows you to write or paste any well-formed XML content.