Generating glossary content from InfoSphere Data Architect glossary models

By using the NDM option with the glossary import of the istool command, you can convert IBM® InfoSphere® Data Architect glossary models to terms and categories in the catalog of IBM InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog.

The glossary model must be created or imported into any of the following versions of InfoSphere Data Architect: 7.5.2.1, 7.5.3.1, 7.6, or 8.1.

The following table describes how each property is converted.

Mapping glossaries to categories

Table 1. Mapping a glossary in InfoSphere Data Architect to a category in InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog
This property of a glossary in an InfoSphere Data Architect glossary model ...	... becomes this property of a category in the catalog of InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog
Name	Category name
Parent	Parent category
Abstract	Short description
Documentation	Long description
Contained words	Contained terms
Referenced words	Referenced terms
Annotation	No property assigned
Label	No property assigned

Mapping words to terms

Table 2. Mapping a word in InfoSphere Data Architect to a term in Information Governance Catalog
This property of a word in an InfoSphere Data Architect glossary model ...	... becomes this property of a term in the catalog of InfoSphere Information Governance Catalog
Name	Term name
Parent	Parent category
Abstract	Short description
Abbreviation	Abbreviation
Alternate abbreviation	Alternate abbreviation
Contained words	Contained terms
Modifier	Is modifier
Type PRIME	Primary
Type CLASS	Secondary
Type BUSINESS TERM	No property assigned
Type NONE	No property assigned
Status	Status
Related words	Related terms
Synonym	Synonym
Replaced by	Replaced by
Description	Long description
Annotation	No property assigned
Documentation	No property assigned
Label	No property assigned