Object Model Terminology
It is helpful to know the basic terms needed to understand the IBM
OpenPages® with Watson™ object model.
| Term | Description |
|---|---|
| Multiple Parents | A child object that is associated to more than one parent. |
| Parent-Child Relationship | When an object becomes associated to another object, the two objects are considered to be a parent object and a child object. The relationship that is formed is a parent-child relationship. |
| Primary Association | A parent can have multiple child objects and all of them can be primary. A child can have multiple parent objects and only one of them can be primary. Primary associations are used to determine the path the system should follow when executing a number of operations that require object hierarchy traversal. |
| Primary Object | A core object of OpenPages with Watson. |
| Recursive Relationship | A relationship in which a child object is the same object type as the parent. |
| Secondary Object | An object that can be associated to multiple object types in the common spine. |