Systems are categorized by their type. These types may be quite concrete since systems by nature reference a hard- or software system usually by their IP address or DNS name. Therefore a system type may be 'Artifact Repository' or 'Virtual Server. And types may build hierarchies.
Description
Grouping
systems by type, the system type also helps to categorize system instances.
Properties
The document type it-system-type provides the following properties:
No further properties are provided.
Sections
Description
A more detailed description of the system type.
This helps authors to select the appropriate type for their system documents.
Subordinate Types
List the subordinate types that are attached to this document.
Systems of this Type
An overview over systems of this type.
Note that this overview is usually limited by the amount of hits per query.
Notes
These are internal notes that are usually not exported and only visible to team members with write access.
But this is not a safe place to store sensible information. It is just a convenience for the reader to not be bothered with notes stored here for the authors for later use. The security level is about suppressing the representation by a CSS style. Therefore consider this as a convenience for the reader, not as a security tool.
References
For a document the references section contains pointers to resources that prove the statements of the document.
Often these proofs are not easily distinguishable from further information. In this case you may want to skip the reference section in favour for the resource list.
Resources
The resources section provides references to further information to the topic of the document.
This may be information on the internet provided by the resource or information in the team's information systems. Anything the reader of the resource might want to know, may be listed here.
