Consulting a resource

Each item published in SECollab is uniquely identified using a Unique Resource Identifier (URI). You can provide this unique address to another member of the project to point to a particular item, for example.

Properties of a resource

The page of a resource displays several areas:

• Properties: list of the attributes of the resource.
• Links: list of links from the resource to other resources.
  • Modeling links between resources of the same design (declared in author tool originally).
  • Links a diagram to the resources shown in this diagram.
  • Links of a resource to the diagrams in which this resource is represented.
  • Links of collaborations between resources of different designs or to external resources (links added after the publication of the design in SECollab). See the section Creating collaborative links for more details.
• Comments: displays comments associated with the resource and is created as part of collaborative reviews. You can create comments as a review contributor. See the section Contributing to a review for more details.

Preview of a linked resource

Each resource linked to the main resource is presented with a hyperlink to navigate to that linked resource. When you hover over the hyperlink, a window displays a preview of the referenced resource. This allows you to view the main properties of this resource without having to navigate to the dedicated page.

Viewing a Diagram

In the case where the resource is a diagram, the main part of the page displays the diagram image. You can change the zoom used to display the image.

Note that a button on the toolbar hides the zone on the right-hand side of the page. This function is especially useful in case you want to save space to display the image of a largely sized chart.

The diagram image displays graphic shapes that represent elements of the models. These shapes are highlighted when you hover the mouse over them. You can select a graphic form displayed in the diagram. In this case, the Properties, Links and Comments boxes display the information for the selected resource rather than the information in the diagram.

A drop-down menu is available on the graphic forms of the diagram:

• Comment on the diagram: creates a comment associated with this resource. For more information, see the section Contributing to a review.
• Properties: displays in a window a preview of the resource.
• Explore the graph: display the links of the resource as a graph. For more information, see the section Exploring a resource graph.

Exploring the graph of a resource

It is possible to display the links of the resource as a graph. For more information, see the section Exploring a resource graph.

Generating a report on a resource

Via the Report button, it is possible to produce a report document on the current resource. For more detailed information, see the section Generating a report.