Adding new tier types
Every tier is assigned to a tier type. The tier type specifies the stereotypical constraints (and, as a consequence, whether or not the tiers are time-alignable).
Information about the relationship between tiers is given in two different places: for each individual tier it is given in the dialog window (see the section called “Adding new tiers”), and for all tiers belonging to one tier type it is given in the window (this section), i.e.:
window: specify the parent tier of the individual tier.
window: specify the stereotypical constraints of tiers belonging to one type.
To create a tier type, do the following:
Click on the menu. The dialog window appears:
Figure 186. Add a tier type
Enter the following information for the new type:
Go to . Enter the name or label for the type.
Go to . Select the stereotypical constraint that apply to the tiers based on this type (see the section called “Basic Information: Annotations, tiers and tier types”).
Optionally go to . Select a controlled vocabulary or leave this to None (see the section called “Associating a tier type with Controlled Vocabularies”).
Optionally go to . Click the button to select a lexicon and a lexicon entry field to be associated with this tier type (see the section called “Consulting a Lexicon”, the section called “Set the Lexicon Service and entry field information for a Tier Type” and the section called “Lexicons”).
Optionally go to to associate this type with a data category via the button (see the section called “Associating a tier type with a Data Category”.
The checkbox cannot be edited, its value depends on and changes with the selected .
Click to save the settings; otherwise click to exit the window without saving them.