There is a logical order involved in defining the various components of Dynamic Evidence: it is always first necessary to define the Model (Attributes and Relationships) before defining the User Interface (Clusters and Fields). This is because it is not possible to directly add a Field to the User Interface - the Field has to be in respect of an existing Attribute, as the Dynamic Evidence infrastructure will use the Attribute definition to work out what screen widgets to show in respect of each.
As such, the Dynamic Evidence Editor consists of two Tabs - Model and User Interface - and when first opened, the Model tab has focus.
Both tabs consist of three main structures (in slightly different configurations, but with the same basic meaning):
The Palette is used to create artifacts.
The Palette for both the Model and User Interface Tabs each has a 'Save' button, used to save the current Editor version of the Dynamic Evidence Type Version to the Cúram database.
The Canvas contains a graphical representation of the artifacts being modeled.
The Dynamic Evidence Type Version is represented as a shape or 'class' on the Canvas which is always present - it is not possible to remove this. Attributes are represented in a list within this class, and Relationships are represented as separate classes linked to the Dynamic Evidence Type Version via lines.
Here, the Canvas contains a graphical representation of what the User Interface for the Create, Modify and View screens for this Dynamic Evidence Type Version are going to look like at Case Evidence maintenance time, containing all currently defined Clusters and Fields.
The Properties Panel is used to house screens that allow an administrator to add or change various properties of the currently selected artifact (see the next section for more information about selections). The Properties Panel will change its available properties dependent on the type of artifact currently selected (for example, the Dynamic Evidence Type Version Properties panel is relatively complex, having a further three sub-panels of information which can be maintained).