Hi all

I'm working on an application to show mapping information on an SQL Server database (2005 and up).

The app is working (at least mostly at this point). I have a question and want opinions on wording here.

I have a tab on the form that is to show Parent/Child relationships for a table. SI has tested and noted some confusion in the labeling of two datagrids on the tab.


There is a bit of terminology that I don't like... the use of the words "Child"/"Parent" on the 'Referencing Tables' tab seems very dubious to me. I understand why you used those words, but I didn't know which way around it was meant to be until I compared it to the database.. so I can imagine it causing confusion for others too. Unfortunately I can't think of a short alternative, the best I've come up with are "This table refers to"/"Tables that refer to this one".

There is a bit of terminology that I don't like... the use of the words "Child"/"Parent" on the 'Referencing Tables' tab seems very dubious to me. I understand why you used those words, but I didn't know which way around it was meant to be until I compared it to the database.. so I can imagine it causing confusion for others too. Unfortunately I can't think of a short alternative, the best I've come up with are "This table refers to"/"Tables that refer to this one".

I'm looking for opinions on what to call these things, any input would be appreciated.


Oh yea this is aimed at developers with some knowlege of databases.

Thanks Gary