Navigating the Process
RUP consists of a set of HTML pages you can view using any browser that supports
frames, including Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. The following
figure shows the major elements used to browse the Rational Unified Process.
Click on an area for more information.
Elements of RUP's Browser Environment
Clicking this button will launch a separate window containing the glossary
which alphabetically lists the terms used in RUP, along with definitions and
links to example pages.
Clicking on the Index button launches a separate window containing an alphabetic
listing of topics in the Process. Clicking on a hyperlink in the index will
cause the related page to be displayed in the main window.
Clicking on the Feedback button launches a separate window with an e-mail message
to Rational feedback, automatically referencing the page currently appearing
in the main window.
Clicking on the About button launches a pop-up window with the Rayional copywrite
current version number.
Search allows a keyword to be entered and searched for in the process, causing
all pages which are relevant to the topic to be displayed in a Search Results
window. The Search Utility works on keyword topics, rather than searching for
strings in process content pages.
The Print button sends the content in the main window to your printer.
This collapsable button opens and closes a navigation bar that contains links
to the Rational Home Page, the Rational Product Page and the Rational Developer
Network.
This Tree Path shows the treebowser path to the current page in the main window.
The purpose of this path is make clear the contextual location of the page within
the RUP treebrowser. It does not necessarily reflect the actual path taken to
arrive at the page. Clicking on a hyperlinked entry displays the corresponding
page in the main window.
This frame is where the RUP content is displayed.
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