Designer 10.5 | Centrasite Eclipse UI Help | Concepts | Assets and Registry Objects | Supporting Objects
 
Supporting Objects
A supporting object is a registry object that is used for managing and organizing the assets. The CentraSite Eclipse GUI enables you to access these objects.
Like assets, supporting objects are described by Properties of Registry Objects, Classifications of Registry Objects, Associations Between Registry Objects and External Links. These details can be displayed in the Details Editor.
For organizing your assets, you mainly work with registry objects of the following types:
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Object Type
Description
Organization
An Organization object describes an organization that is involved in the asset management, for example, an enterprise or part of an enterprise that provides services. An organization can consist of one or more child organizations, it can provide services and it can define users.
User
A User object provides information about a registered Users, Groups and Roles in CentraSite . Each user is affiliated with an organization.
The full set of functions for user management is available in the CentraSite Control (Web interface). The CentraSite Eclipse GUI provides a restricted set of functions only.
Taxonomy
A Taxonomy object represents a taxonomy that contains categories for classifying or categorizing registry objects. The object type of Taxonomy objects is ClassificationScheme. CentraSite distinguishes between internal taxonomies, whose categories are stored in the registry, and external taxonomies, whose categories are not available in the registry.
Category
A Category object defines the hierarchical tree structure and detailed elements of a taxonomy. It is used to classify and categorize registry objects. The object type of Category objects is Concept.
List
A List object groups registry objects of any type by logical aspects. A list may contain any number of registry objects. A registry object may be a member of any number of lists. The My View of the CentraSite Eclipse GUI enables you to access the List objects you have defined.
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