How Association Types Are Used to Relate Assets to Other Objects
When users publish assets to the registry, there are two ways in which they can relate an asset with other objects in the registry.
By establishing the relationship using an asset's Relationship attributes. If an asset's type includes one or more Relationship attributes, users can relate an asset to other objects in the registry by simply setting these attributes.
By establishing an ad-hoc association using the asset's Associations profile. If an asset's type includes the Associations profile, users can relate assets of that type with other objects on an “ad hoc” basis. Using this profile, users can relate an asset to virtually any other object in the registry (assuming they have View permission on the target object).
