(1) In VisualAge RPG, information from a physical source file that may be extracted at build time. Any changes made to the original source must be recompiled to reflect the changes at run time.
(2) Single direction, one-to-one association between a root or child component and another root component. See also link.
(3) Logical names defined in the application deployment descriptor that are used to locate external resources for enterprise applications. At deployment, the references are bound to the physical location of the resource in the target operational environment.
(4) A named slot within a classifier that facilitates navigation to other classifiers.
(5) A pointer to another instance that defines the role and scope of an object in an association.