Index: trunk/doc/design/02_data.html =================================================================== --- trunk/doc/design/02_data.html (revision 178) +++ trunk/doc/design/02_data.html (revision 179) @@ -169,13 +169,14 @@ The graphical representation of (a part of) a component is called symbol.

{des2:19} -A symbol is a group of ports, bus-ports, attributes, other symbols -and decoration (drawing primitives - TODO: link -the later chapter about this). When a symbol is placed on a schematic -sheet (either by copy or by reference), it is instantiated. A -symbol has a creation-time cschem generated unique ID ("symbol UID"), and -an instantiation-time cschem generated unique ID for each instance -("instance UID"). +A symbol is a group or group_ref with symbol-related +attributes. It typically contains furhter groups for terminals, +bus-terminals, other symbols and decoration. When a symbol is placed on +a schematic sheet (either by copy or by reference), it is +instantiated. A symbol has a creation-time cschem generated +unique ID ("symbol UID"), and an instantiation-time cschem generated +unique ID for each instance ("instance UID").

{des2:53} When an existing instance is moved within the sheet, renamed, its