Data Definition Language (DDL) Reference Manual

Dictionary Database Structure
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DICTODF (Object Definition File)
Figure D-12. DICTODF (Object Definition File)—H-Series
Record ODF.
File is "DICTODF" Key-sequenced
Code 202
Audit
MaxExtents 500.
02 OBJECT Type OBJECT-NUMBER.
02 IDENTIFIER Type OBJECT-IDENTIFIER.
02 VERSION Type Binary 16 Unsigned
Display "I3"
Heading "Cur/Ver".
02 DATE-CREATED Type INTERNAL-TIMESTAMP
Heading "Date-Time/Created".
02 CREATOR-USERID Type USERID-NAME
Heading "Created By".
02 DATE-MODIFIED Type INTERNAL-TIMESTAMP
Heading "Date-Time/
Last Modified".
02 MODIFIER-USERID Type USERID-NAME
Heading "Modified By".
02 COMMENT-TEXT Type TEXT-ID
Heading "Comments/Text Id".
Key is OBJECT Duplicates not allowed.
Key "ID" is IDENTIFIER File is "DICALT" Duplicates not allowed.
End
Table D-14. DICTODF (Object Definition File) Fields (page 1 of 2)
Field Description
OBJECT The object number, a system-assigned number that uniquely
identifies each object within the dictionary.
Each object corresponds to exactly one identifier.
IDENTIFIER A unique identifier of each object in the dictionary, consisting of the
next two fields, OBJ-TYPE and NAME.
OBJ-TYPE A 2-byte field that has one of the values in Table D-15
on page D-40.
NAME A 30-byte field containing the object's name, which must be unique
within the type.
Object names must begin with an alphabetic character. A dash (-)
can be used as a word separator within a name. Records and
definitions cannot have the same name.