Understanding relationships
A relationship is always between two Digital Twins called the source digital twin and the target digital twin. We can use descriptive language to describe the relationship between both Digital Twins. This makes it easier to understand what the relationship is about and in which direction the relationship has been set up. These descriptive names will also help us quickly identify the relationship when we use the Azure Digital Twins Explorer tool.
What is descriptive language and what does it look like? The following table contains several examples of descriptive language:
The descriptive name describes the relationship that the source digital twin has with the target digital twin, or vice versa. This will change the descriptive text:
It does not always make sense if you change the direction of the relationship. To make the right choice for a relationship, its direction, and description, we can take...
