How the Knowledge Accelerators use custom attributes in IBM Knowledge Catalog

Custom attributes in Knowledge Accelerators

Last updated: Jun 21, 2024

The Knowledge Accelerators make specific use of a number of custom attributes in IBM Knowledge Catalog.

These custom attributes and their usage are described in this table.

Table 1. Custom attributes in the Knowledge Accelerators
Custom Attribute	Usage in IBM Knowledge Accelerators
Data Type	The specific data type associated with a particular property term. Data type relates to property terms only. The current list of data type values are: Boolean String Text Binary Reference data Relationship Decimal Number Monetary Amount Percentage Date Datetime Time
Cardinality	Indicates the cardinality that relates to an instance of a property, relationship, or measure term. The following are the possible cardinality values: `0..1` - optional, max `1` equivalent to nullable `1..1` - mandatory, max 1 equivalent to not null `0..n` - optional, multivalue property - for example, comma-separated string or array/JSON/xml. Assume that the inverse of this relationship is always `0 .. n` `1..n` - as `0..n` but not nullable, mandatory at least 1 value
KA Version	Applies to a category and indicates the version of Knowledge Accelerator content that is imported into IBM Knowledge Catalog. A KA Version exists on some top-level categories only.