Creating New Notations


Note that this section does not actually cover utilising the Notations themselves; it covers more the definition of rules and graphical representations in a Notation set. In utilising Notations (ie. Notations that have been pre-defined, and are ready for use as its own Modelling Language), refer to Workspaces & Projects.

  1. Select "New Notation" from the "Language" Menu.
  2. Once this option is selected from the menu, a dialog titled "New Notation" will appear. This dialog is where the user should specify the name of the Notation to be created, as well as the Meta Model to be used.
    Note: A Meta Model must already have been created before attempting to create a new notation.

    When the name for the Notation and the Meta Model has been defined, press 'OK' to continue.

  3. The Notation Editor will appear as a child window to the Cohesion main application window. The graphical representation of the Modelling Language being created can be defined from here.

For information regarding actually drawing items on to the Notation Editor's canvas, refer to The Modeller section.