Data Transformation Engine Intelligent Business Integration Reference Guide

Chapter 1 - Introduction Design Environment – Design Studio
Intelligent Business Integration Reference Guide
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Type Designer
The Type Designer is a facility for creating, maintaining, and viewing data object
definitions in a graphical form called a type tree. The type tree provides visual
cues for understanding the structure of an object and supports point-and-click
techniques enabling you to “drill down” to uncover an object’s complete definition.
The following is an example of a type tree:
A type tree is a repository of one or more data object definitions. A data object
definition, called a type, describes data object structures in terms of their syntax,
composition, existence, and validity. A composite type, called a group, describes
sequences and choices of other types. An elementary type, called an item,
represents a basic building block such as time, date, numbers, and text. The trees
are arranged in a classification hierarchy to facilitate reuse of type definitions in a
subtype.