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Describing the Items that Participate in a Relation

You use the Describe facility to display the relations in which an item participates. You can describe both the relation source and the relation target.

To describe a relation source:

For example, suppose computer-1 is related to computer-2 via a non-symmetric in-communication-with relation.

Describing computer-1 displays the following temporary workspace. G2 displays the relation target using a short description provided by the Describe facility.


To describe the relation target:

Describing computer-2 displays the following temporary workspace. Notice that the description does not show an inverse relation for the relation target. The description simply shows the relation in which computer-2 participates.


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