Working with the thesaurus

In the thesaurus, you can give explanations on the keywords and assign synonyms to them at the location level. The thesaurus is not locally saved but entirely managed from the server. Its content is not constituted of the keywords that are indicated in the instances. It must be entered explicitly.

Before you begin

The Rational Team Concert™ server must be started and a repository connection must exist.

Procedure

  1. In the Design Explorer view, right-click an open location and select Thesaurus in the menu.
  2. In the Thesaurus, you can do the following actions:
    • Add keywords, one by one, by clicking Add. A new line is created, with keyword in the Name column. Double-click keyword and overwrite it with your own keyword. Then, you can explain the meaning of this keyword and assign synonyms.
      • You explain the meaning of the keyword in the Description column. It can be helpful to explain codes, abbreviations, or words that are specific to an application.

        Keywords can also be used as a tool to categorize instances according to your own criteria. For example, you can describe keywords that correspond to the various development phases of an application. You can define VAL as To be validated or OK as Ready for production.

      • You assign one or more synonyms to the keyword in the Synonyms column. For example, you can assign the synonyms Validation and Validate to the keyword VAL. This method eases the coding rules of keywords.

        A Keywords and synonyms search criterion is available on the Server Design Search tab. If you select this search criterion and enter the principal keyword in the Search string field, the search finds the instances that contain the principal keyword and the instances that contain its synonyms.

        Building a synonym chain is not possible. For example, if A is a principal keyword, with B and C as synonyms, you cannot declare B or C as principal keywords, and you cannot attach B or C to another principal keyword.

      All your modifications are immediately available on the server.

    • Import the keywords that are contained in an xml file by clicking Import.
      Note: For explanations on how to import a thesaurus from Pacbase, see Migration end and processing of the output of the MITH and MILA optional procedures.
    • Export the keywords that are contained in the currently open thesaurus by clicking Export.

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