In Rational Synergy, subprojects have a relative work area or an absolute work area. When the work area of the subproject is relative, the project is contained inside the work area of the parent project. When you open a Rational Synergy project in Eclipse, the project must be in the working state. However, if the project has subprojects, those subprojects do not need to be in the working state.
When you open a project that has static subprojects with a relative work area, you see the subproject files and directories in the Eclipse package explorer or navigator view. If the subproject has an absolute work area, the files and directories are not contained in the work area of the parent project. They do not show up in the Eclipse package explorer or navigator view.
All of the files and directories from the static subproject have a checked in status, and you cannot check them out or modify them.