1  –  type-name

    Specifies the type of the generic element you are modifying.
    This type cannot be MCS_BINARY, a subtype of MCS_BINARY, MCS_
    COLLECTION, MCS_CONTEXT, or MCS_PARTITION. See the Oracle
    CDD/Repository Information Model Volume I for more information.

2  –  element-name

    Specifies the generic element you are modifying.

3  –  text

    Modifies information. Within the DESCRIPTION clause, this is
    information documenting the generic element; within the AUDIT
    clause, it is a history list entry. Valid delimiters are /* */ or
    double quotation marks (" ").

    You can use Japanese to document comments in the DESCRIPTION or
    AUDIT clause for a field. To do this, use the SET CHARACTER_SET
    command, and set the character_set of the session to DEC_KANJI.

4  –  property-name

    Specifies the property you are adding, changing, or removing. You
    specify removal with the NO keyword.

5  –  n

    Modifies the value (numerical) set for a property.

6  –  quoted-string

    Modifies the value (a string enclosed in quotation marks) set for
    a property.

7  –  relationship-name

    Specifies the relationship type that you are defining or deleting
    in the generic element. The type must be a subtype of RELATION.

8  –  relationship-mbr

    Specifies the generic element that you are defining or deleting
    as a member of the relationship type. The element must exist in
    the repository; otherwise, an error occurs.