A kin terms diagram is a type of diagram created from the use of kin terms, defined, in turn, through kin type strings. Kin terms can be grouped, and each group can be given a different name and colour.
To create a kin terms diagram:
File menu > New Diagram of Type > Kin Terms Diagram; a new page of the application will open. On the right of the page you will see a panel called Kin Term Group (unnamed), from which you will create your diagram.
In the white string located on top of the panel you can enter the name of your diagram;
The panel contains a table with some information to fill in:
Kin Term: here you have to enter the kin terms that will also represent the labels of the entities in the diagram;
Referent Kin Type Strings: in this second column you have to enter, for each kin term, its corresponding definition, i.e. the letters listed in Section 2.2, point 2;
Propositus Kin Type Strings: this option is not yet functional;
Description: here you explain your kin terms; for example, you can add an English gloss if the kin terms entered are in another language.
You can also have several kin term groups for the same diagram.
To add other groups: Kin Terms menu > New Kin Term Group. A new tab (the same as the one described above) will appear. The information to fill in is the same as before.
In the figure below you can see a sample kin terms diagram with two kin term groups:
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Note Besides Japanese Kin Terms, the application contains two other sample diagrams of this kind: Hawaiian Kin Terms, and Swedish Kin Terms, reachable via File menu > Open Sample Diagram.
Further options:
to show or hide the kin terms on the diagram > respectively check or uncheck the option Show on graph. It is checked by default;
to show or hide the whole diagram > respectively check or uncheck the option Generate Example Entities. It is checked by default;
to delete some of the kin terms > check the corresponding little squares on the right of the column Description and click on Delete Selected. The option to delete the whole kin terms group (Delete Group) is not yet functional.
To save the diagram: see Section 2.1, point 6.
You can also save/export the kin terms diagram you have created via Kin Terms menu > Export > choose a file name and a directory > Save.
If you want to (re-)open a kin terms diagram: Kin Terms menu > Import > choose the file you want to import > Open > the diagram will open, together with a message telling you how many entities have been imported.
