Mapping from a floating component type

If an input card data object is a group that has a floating component type, you can map from the floating component type. A floating component must be distinguishable from every component of the group it is assigned to. On input, a floating component can appear after the initiator and after each component. If a floating component is associated with an input data object, it can appear as the first component.

If a type object has content, a floating component is built as the specified literal after the initiator and after each component. If this feature is used, it is up to the user to include a literal that will validate as an object of the type of the floating component.

You cannot map to a floating component in the output. If you have a floating component in the output data to which you want to map, you must define them as components of the output.