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<title>GEF Terminology</title>
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<p>Definition of Terms</p>
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<dt>connection</dt>
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<dd>A connection is an object from the application's model. Connections
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link two other objects together, referred to as nodes. One node is
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referred to as the <b>source</b>, the other the <b>target</b>. In some
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applications, a connection may itself be a source or target node of another
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connection. GEF assumes that nodes know, or can obtain, the
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connections for which they are the source or target. The application
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does not need to have collection of all connections in it.</dd>
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<dt>source connection</dt>
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<dd>An "outgoing" connection. The connection is leaving the
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object being talked about, making it the source of the connection.</dd>
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<dt>source node</dt>
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<dd>The model object that is the source of a connection.</dd>
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<dt>visuals</dt>
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<dd>Objects that are visible and rendered to the user in some way. Most
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