A notation is a means of associating a binary description with an entity or attribute. The most common uses of notations are to include familiar types of binary references, such as GIFs and JPGs, in an XML file.
For example, you are making a catalogue of your clothing and want to include an image of one of your shirts. You would have to create a notation like this: <notation name="My_Shirt" system="GIF"></notation> which defines a notation for a GIF image.
The following instructions were written for the Resource perspective, but they will also work in many other perspectives.
To create a notation, follow these steps: