Model Navigation

With any large model, and becomes even larger, navigating the quantity of it can become an issue. CaseTalk offers many navigation paths to enable you to quickly jump to related aspects. This screenprint shows an overview and describes how to perform these navigational tasks.

Project File (1) & Properties (2)

The models and diagrams are managed with the Project Panel. It shows all files related and a special panel with file details. Files are activated by doubleclicking them. Models are displayed on the left, while all other files will open as tabs (11).

Object & Fact Types (5)

Model content (*.ig) or transformed model content (*.igg) is listed as Object/Fact Types in the panel on the left. Buttons indicated with (3) are used for highlighting and filtering. Using the highlight the displayed items are shown differently. The filtering options allow certain items to be shown or hidden.

Taxonomy & Namespaces (6)

The Object Types can be part of a subtype-supertype relationship. This is called a taxonomy. This taxonomy is a different way of listing object types, and can be navigated by opening the bottom tab.

Since Object and Fact Types may originate from other models, listing which are local and which are from a different namespace, the last tab lists those. Selecting a namespace will filter the relevant information.

Expressions, Population and Rules (7)

The verbalisations lead to the Object and Fact Types. So by selecting an Object/Fact Type the details of that item show up in a bottom panel (7). The double clicking of an expression will open panel (8) the full expression tree.

Scrolling this panel will show all kinds of verbalizations, rules and attributes. Some are again supporting navigation by doubleclicks.

Diagram & Styles
Project archives (2)

Transformations (4)

The strongest feature on CaseTalk is the ability to transform models for artifact generation. The IG file content is transformed into a new model and stored in a IGG file. Before that happens the model is validated for well-formedness. The result of that validation will be shown in a special panel at location (8). Once the transformation is successful the resulting artifacts will be added to the Project Panel and can be viewed by doubleclicking those files.

Repository Internals

More details, and how to navigate between them needs to be enumerated here...