The Resource linkable domain in the Rational® Software Delivery Platform includes domain elements that are common to all applications in the Eclipse SDK; these common elements include projects, folders, and files. In this lesson you will create a folder named Secure Payment that a developer could use in a project to group all design elements related to secure payment processes for the application users. You also create a file within the folder named Customer Authentication that a developer could use to make notes related to secure identification and authentication of application users. By associating the Customer Authentication file with the Customer ID glossary requirement in Rational RequisitePro®, you ensure that the development team will begin to use consistent terminology as the team works on customer security design.
Notice that requirements in Rational RequisitePro are listed in the Requirement Explorer view beginning with a tag and followed by the requirement name. The tag, which includes a textual abbreviation of the requirement type and a number, is a unique identifier within the requirements project; for example, FEAT1 represents the first feature requirement that was created in the project. Requirements can be rearranged and renumbered in Rational RequisitePro, but each tag remains unique within the project.
To create associations with folders and files: