Defining Information Models
The part of a Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2000 Meta Data Services repository that stores type information is defined by the information models you create and install.
The following topics explain how to create and specify the parts of an information model. For more information about creating and populating a repository database, see Connecting to and Configuring a Repository.
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Repository Identifiers | Describes identifiers that are used to retrieve and manage repository objects |
| Naming Objects, Collections, and Relationships | Describes naming conventions, name reuse, aliasing, and ways names are created by the repository engine |
| Creating and Extending Type Information | Describes alternate approaches for creating and extending information models |
| Defining Inheritance | Explains how inheritance works and how you can implement it for your interfaces |
| Defining Relationships and Collections | Explains how to define general-purpose and special-purpose relationships and collections |
| Defining Properties | Explains how to define property definition objects |
| Defining Methods | Explains how to define methods, parameters, and scripted objects |
| Generating Views | Describes how to generate SQL views that correspond to your information model |