Business Glossary overview

The Business Glossary communicates informational assets such as business concepts and their related terminology along with associated definitions and relationships. The Business Glossary interface provides access to data much in the same way as that of a traditional web-based front-end application. Because of the familiarity of this type of interface, you can quickly learn the ins and outs of the Business Glossary and harness its ability to show detailed information about your data.

Authorized users can browse the glossary or search for information/metadata contained in an TIBCO EBX® Information Governance Add-on repository. Different tabs show complete sets of information regarding the selected Administered Item. Some features include:

• Definitions sortable by context and language

• Ability to share information via email and comments

• Viewing Administered Item history

• Display of party, party type and party role attributes in a RACI style matrix with optional use of images.

How the Business Glossary displays and how you access it depends on your system's configuration. It is accessible:

• either, through the 'Business Glossary' service available from the 'Information Governance' data space. When accessed via this route, the glossary displays in the TIBCO EBX® UI.

• or, via an EBX® 'Web component' that displays the repository in a purely web-based application style, without any additional EBX® UI elements.

Business Glossary configuration settings are described in the EBX® Information Governance Add-on User Guide.

Illustration 1: Accessing the Business Glossary