2.7 Entity

The Entity element specifies an entity in the semantic model.

The following are the parent elements, attributes, and child elements of the Entity element.

The following is the XML Schema definition of the Entity element.          

 <xsd:complexType name="EntityType">
   <xsd:all>
     <!-- ModelItemType Start-->
     <xsd:element name="Name" type="NonEmptyString" />
     <xsd:element name="Description" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="Hidden" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="CustomProperties" type="CustomPropertiesType" 
                  minOccurs="0" />
     <!-- ModelItemType End-->
     <xsd:element name="CollectionName" type="NonEmptyString" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="IdentifyingAttributes" type="AttributeReferencesType" />
     <xsd:element name="DefaultDetailAttributes" type="AttributeReferencesType" 
                  minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="DefaultAggregateAttributes" type="AttributeReferencesType" 
                  minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="SortAttributes" type="SortAttributesType" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="InstanceSelection">
       <xsd:simpleType>
         <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
           <xsd:enumeration value="FilteredList" />
           <xsd:enumeration value="Dropdown" />
           <xsd:enumeration value="List" />
           <xsd:enumeration value="MandatoryFilter" />
         </xsd:restriction>
       </xsd:simpleType>
     </xsd:element>
     <xsd:element name="IsLookup" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="Inheritance" minOccurs="0">
       <xsd:complexType>
         <xsd:all>
           <xsd:element name="InheritsFromEntityID" type="xsd:QName" />
           <xsd:element name="Relation" type="RelationType" minOccurs="0" />
         </xsd:all>
       </xsd:complexType>
     </xsd:element>
     <xsd:element name="DisjointInheritance" type="xsd:boolean" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="Fields" type="FieldsType" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="SecurityFilters" type="AttributeReferencesType" 
                  minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="DefaultSecurityFilter" type="DefaultSecurityFilterType" 
                  minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="Table" type="TableType" minOccurs="0" />
     <xsd:element name="Column" type="ColumnType" minOccurs="0" />
   </xsd:all>
   <xsd:attribute name="ID" type="xsd:QName" use="required" />
 </xsd:complexType>