Attributes

Consider the following rules:

Names of attributes must be unique among all attributes in the entity type's hierarchy
Each attribute definition record must include the name of the parent entity or subtype that contains this attribute.
The DSD names must be unique among all DSD names for all attributes in the entity type's hierarchy.

The following table describes the content of each field type:

Field Name	Content
MODEL_NAME	Host Encyclopedia name of the model
RECORD_TYPE	O (Object Record)
OBJECT_TYPE	ATTRIBUTE
OBJECT_NAME	Attribute name
REF_OBJ_1	Name of the parent entity type or subtype that contains this attribute
REF_OBJ_2	Highest level entity type name that includes this attribute
REF_OBJ_3	DSD name (data structure name)
NUM_PROP_1	Number of characters (length)
NUM_PROP_2	Number of decimal places
NUM_PROP_3	Unused
NUM_PROP_4	Unused
NUM_PROP_5	Unused
NUM_PROP_6	Unused
NUM_PROP_7	Unused
NUM_PROP_8	Unused
CHAR_PROP_1	Optionality: M (Mandatory) O (Optional)
CHAR_PROP_2	Type of attribute: B (Basic) D (Derived) S (Designed)
CHAR_PROP_3	Domain of attribute: T (Text) D (Date) M (Time) N (Number) Q (Timestamp) G (Graphic [DBCS]) Z (Mixed) B (BLOB)
CHAR_PROP_4	Case sensitive? Y (Yes) N (No)
CHAR_PROP_5	Varying length string? Y (Yes) N (No)
CHAR_PROP_6	Units (for BLOB only): K (KB) M (MB) G (GB) Space (Bytes)
CHAR_PROP_7	Unused
CHAR_PROP_8	Unused
NAME_1	Unused
NAME_2	Unused