base type

A hard or subtype class that is the root type of the wizard's type picker. If the wizard does not have a type picker, this is the type of object that will be created. The base type is used to look up the correct JSPs for wizard steps that have different jsp variants for different subtypes until a specific type is selected by the user.

dependent attribute

An attribute whose value and/or display characteristics are wholly or partially determined by the value of another attribute (called the "driver attribute") via an object initialization rule (OIR), access control policy, or other mechanism.

driver attribute

An attribute whose value drives the value and/or display characteristics of another attribute (called a "dependent" attribute) via an object initialization rule (OIR), access control policy, or other mechanism.

hard attribute

An object attribute defined in a Java class.

hard type

An object type defined in a Java class. Hard types are typically created in java classes using annotations and may extend out-of-the-box Windchill business object classes.

object type

A Java class or subtype defining the attributes and behavior of the business object(s) you want to create.

global attribute

An attribute of the object defined in the WindchillType and Attribute Management client. These attributes are not defined in the Java business object class and are stored in database tables separate from the table for the business class.

subtype

An object type defined using the Type and Attribute Management utility rather than in a Java class. subtypes may extend other soft types but all have a hard type as their root type.

target object

The object you are creating in your wizard.