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| <h1 class="topictitle1">Adding notations</h1> |
| <div><p>A notation is a means of associating a binary description with |
| an entity or attribute. The most common uses of notations are to include familiar |
| types of binary references, such as GIFs and JPGs, in an XML file.</p> |
| <div class="section"><p>For example, you are making a catalogue of your clothing and want |
| to include an image of one of your shirts. You would have to create a notation |
| like this: <kbd class="userinput"><notation name="My_Shirt" system="GIF"></notation></kbd> which |
| defines a notation for a GIF image.</p> |
| <p>The following instructions were written for the Resource perspective, but |
| they will also work in many other perspectives.</p> |
| <p>To |
| create a notation, follow these steps:</p> |
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| <ol><li class="skipspace"><span>Open your XML schema in the XML schema editor.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>In the Outline view, right-click your XML schema and click |
| <b> <span class="uicontrol">Add |
| Notation</span></b>.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>In the Properties view, type the name of the notation in the |
| <b> <span class="uicontrol">Name</span></b> field.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Click the <b> <span class="uicontrol">Other</span></b> tab.</span></li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>In the <b> <span class="uicontrol">public</span></b> field, type a public identifier.</span> This is optional if you enter a value in the |
| <b> <span class="uicontrol">system</span></b> field.</li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>In the <b> <span class="uicontrol">system</span></b> field, type a URI reference.</span> This is optional if you enter a value in the |
| <b> <span class="uicontrol">public</span></b> field.</li> |
| <li class="skipspace"><span>Click the <b> <span class="uicontrol">Documentation</span></b> tab if you want |
| to provide any information about this notation.</span> The <span class="uicontrol">Documentation</span> page |
| is used for human readable material, such as a description, and the <span class="uicontrol">App |
| Info</span> page can be used to provide information for applications.</li> |
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