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Abbreviated concept definition

Figure 30 depicts a concept definition diagram as used in the Workbench Utilities at the time of writing.

The most distinguishing feature of this approach is the removal of the "equivalence" symbol as an abbreviation. This enables the concept's parents to appear above the "concept in focus" while attributes appear on the right without excess clutter (as depicted in Figure 31).

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• The arrows emanating from the "concept in focus" showing the definition of the "concept in focus"
• The arrows entering the "concept in focus" showing where the "concept in focus" is used in the definition of other concepts.

Figure 30 abbreviated browsing concept definition diagram

Unabbreviated concept definition

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This approach is it conforms to the concept definition form in section 3.2; however it does present a more cluttered diagram than the abbreviated form in Figure 30.

Figure 31 unabbreviated browsing concept definition diagram

Alternative Unabbreviated Concept Definition Layout

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This is matches the representation in 3.2, and achieves more space for rendering where the "concept in focus" is used in the definition of other concepts. However the resulting diagram is less intuitive than displaying the focus concept's parents above the focus concept.

Figure 32 alternative unabbreviated browsing concept definition diagram

Alternative Views

The diagram options in this appendix have been largely focussed on a concept definition centric interaction/navigation; however there are other focuses that may also be useful.

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