Windchill RV&S Term
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Architectural Term
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Definition
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Document (root)
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Segment (root)
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• Container for nodes that reference shared items or other documents.
• A root document is also considered a segment.
• Represented by the top-level node in the Outline panel of the Document view.
• May be related to the item backing the project via the Documents relationship. The subsegment refers to the node that references a segment root.
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Document
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Segment/Subsegment
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Segments:
• are documents or subdocuments that contain content.
• can include or reference other segments.
Subsegments:
• are segments that are a part of another document. If they are independent of another document they are considered segments.
• are included or inserted into a document which creates a References/Referenced By relationship between nodes/segment respectively.
• can be nested within segments or other subsegments.
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Content
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Node
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Content:
• is the term used in Windchill RV&S for a node/shared item pair; the node references the shared item.
• can be meaningful, for example, a requirement, test case, segment or subsegment. It can also be non-meaningful; for example a heading or a comment. These criteria are defined by your system administrator on the Shared Category field.
Nodes:
• are references to individual content items (can also be subsegments containing their own nodes) that belong to a document and contain document-specific metadata.
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Contents
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n/a
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All node/shared item pairs that are contained within a document.
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Shared Item
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n/a
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Windchill RV&S items that represent shared content in your document model. Transparent during the creation or modification of content.
Shared Items:
• are referenced by nodes.
• track modifications to content and reflect them in the node.
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Section
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n/a
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A grouped hierarchy of nodes in a document, for example: section 1.4 and its children, 1.4.1, 1.4.2 or section 3.4.2 and its children 3.4.2.1, 3.4.2.2.
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Reference mode
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n/a
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Setting available on a node within a document that controls how the system behaves when content is reused and modified. Options are: Author, Reuse, Share.
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Category
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n/a
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Pick field exposed on a node or segment type which allows for the categorization of content items, for example: Heading, Comment, Requirement, Test Case.
You can select a segment or node type from the Category pick list value when you create or modify a segment or a node.
Available options are defined by your administrator on the Shared Category field.
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Group document
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n/a
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A read-only document used for grouping content. You cannot create or edit meaningful content in a group document.
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