The Knowledge Accelerators use a range of
different relationship types. Each relationship type has a specific usage that is consistently
applied throughout the Knowledge Accelerators.
The different usage of relationships across the Knowledge Accelerators is described in the following table.
Table 1. Relationships in the Knowledge Accelerators
| Relationship Name |
Type of Relationship |
Usage in IBM Knowledge Accelerators |
Referenced artifacts |
| Is a type of / Has a type of |
Standard |
- Describes the Type Hierarchy between Concept Terms in the Business Core Vocabulary
- Describes the type hierarchy between Document Terms in the Industry Alignment Vocabularies
- When used in conjunction with a role tag, describes a broad equivalence or role between two
Concept Terms
|
- Concept Terms
- Alignment Terms
|
| Is a part of / Has a part of |
Standard |
- Describes the relationship between a Concept Term and its associated Property Terms
- Describes the relationship between a Performance Analysis Term and its associated Property or
Measure Terms
|
- Concept Terms
- Property Terms
- Performance Analysis Terms
- Measure Terms
|
| Other related business terms |
Standard |
- Describes the Concept Term to which another Concept is directly related.
- Describes the Concept Term that a Property Term is related to as part of an explicit Concept to
Concept Relationship.
|
- Property Term
- Concept Term
|
| Is Primary Category of |
Standard |
- Describes where a Category is the owning category for a term. Relationship is not used in the
Business Scopes.
|
- Any Term
- Categories except those in the Business Scopes
|
| Is Secondary Category of |
Standard |
- Describes where a Category is referencing a Term owned by another Category.
|
|
| Is Parent / Child Category of |
Standard |
- Describes where a Category is a parent or child of another Category.
|
|
| Synonyms |
Standard |
- Describes a term that is a synonym of another term.
|
- Terms in the Synonyms category are synonyms of terms in the Business Core Vocabulary
|
| Assigned To / Assigned From |
Standard |
- Describes the mapping between Terms in the Industry Alignment Vocabularies and the Business Core
Vocabulary.
|
- Concept Term
- Measure Term
- Property Term
- Alignment Term
|
| Derives / Derived From |
Standard |
- Describes where a measure term is derived from one or more business or measure terms.
|
- Measure Term
- Concept Term
- Property Term
|
| Analyzes / Is Analyzed By |
Standard |
- Describes what are the indicators in the performance area analyzed by, for example a concept or
a property term.
|
- Concept Terms
- Property Terms
- Performance Analysis Terms
|