Typographical conventions

The Reference Manual (this manual) uses the normal font Cambria for the text and the other following typographical conventions:

Convention

Description

Italics Cambria

Basic scalar data types (in the text)

e.g. “…must have one Identifier of type time_period. If the Data Set…”

Bold Arial

Keywords (in the description of the syntax and in the text)

e.g. Rule ::={ ruleName : } { when antecedentCondition then }

consequentCondition

{ errorcode errorCode }

{ errorlevel errorLevel }

e.g. “…The rename operator allows to rename one or more Components…”

Italics Arial

Optional Parameter (in the description of the syntax)

e.g. substr ( op, start, length )

Underlined Arial

Sub-expressions

Normal font Arial

  • The operator’s syntax (excluded the keywords, the optional Parameters and the sub-expressions)

e.g. length ( “Hello, World!” )

  • The examples of invocation of the operators

e.g. length ( “Hello, World!” )

  • Optional and Mandatory Parameters (in the text)

e.g. “…If comp is a Measure in op, then in the result …”