Abstract Entity Element is a class of Entity Elements that cannot have direct instances.

Example:

1) Aspects of Entity Elements, such as Lexical Scope.

2) Individual Propertys of Individuals.

An  Action Process is a Behavior that describes a typical course of action intended to produce Outcome Events, through the involvement of Agents as Active Participants.

During its course of action, a process consumes or produces Functional Assets, including Information Assets.

1) It may memorize or access Information Assets from and to its Process Stores.

2) It may receive Functional Assets at its boundary: Outcome Consumptions.

3) It may signal the production of Functional Assets at its boundary: Outcome Productions.

The course of actions of a  Action Process is constrained ( Rule Enforcement) by the application of Behavioral Rules that define what is allowed and not allowed to do.

Within  SysFEAT, we can examine  Action Processes from two distinct perspectives:

a) A conceptual standpoint is provided by Value Streams.

b) A concrete implementation standpoint is provided by Resource Action Processes.

An  Adjacency Item is a member of  an Adjacency List, and represents an elementary constituent of a model, used to reference an Element. It is a basic construct to form Adjacency Lists.

An  Adjacency Item is either a Reference Adjacency or a Nesting Adjacency .

An  Agent is an Operating Asset which is able to participate actively to Behaviors, to produce and react to Outcome Events.

1.  Agents participate to Action Processes (Active Participant) and/or conduct Action Processes (Performed Process).

2.  Agents participate to Interaction Process (Scenario Participant) describing how they interact with other  Agents.

These actions and interactions define  Agents boundaries described by Service Interfaces.

An  Agent State is a temporal slice type of an Agent related to its lifefcyle.
Examples:

. The lifecycle phases of a person, such as childhood, adulthood, eldery stage.

. The lifecyle phases of a hospital such as construction phase, operation and maintenance phase, renovation and expansion phase, decommissioning phase.

An  Aggregate Entity Block is a self-contained and independant Aggregate Block that is not a Connection Relationship.

An  Aggregate Entity Block can have both Unbounded Members, which enable aggregation of external  Aggregate Entity Blocks, and Bounded Members which can be inter-connected.

Examples:

- Operating Eco-System;

- Action Process;

- Directive;

- Agent.

An  Annotation Block is a Building Block used to provide additional characteristics such as Documentations,

Examples:

 Description Notes .

Tags.

An  Appraisal is a time bound statement expressed by stakeholders to qualify Asset Blocks with respect to their worth.

Assessments and Decisions are two major types of  Appraisals provided by  SysFEAT.

An  Appraisal Type refers to a kind of Appraisal method and technique used to evaluate the worth, effectiveness, compliance, or quality of enterprise Asset Blocks.

Appraisal Types define a set of Appraisal Options which are the possible values that will result from an Appraisal activity.

For instance, when making decisions about invesment on an enterprise asset, the possible options can be: eliminate, invest, migrate.

Assessment Type and Resolution Type are the two appraisal techniques provided by  SysFEAT.

An  Architecture Container is a Model Container that packages Asset Blocks used for enterprise architecture descriptions.

This includes Information Asset, Processes, Software Systems, Hardware Systems, Organizations, etc.

Model Containers are used to split  SysFEAT repository content into several independent modules (aka package).

They allow virtual partitions of the repository. In particular, Asset Blocks packaged by different Model Containers can have the same name (namespacing).

There are two main kinds of Model Container: Enterprise and Library.

An  Assessment is the result of the act of judging or assessing an aspect of the enterprise, based on an enterprise description and on the comparison of this description with the actual state of the enterprise.

An  Assessment is made by one or several Stakeholder s.

An  Assessment Type refers to a kind of Assessment method and technique used to evaluate the worth, effectiveness, compliance, or quality of enterprise Asset Blocks.

 Assessment Types define a set of  Assessment Values which are the possible values that will result from an Assessment.

An  Asset Category is a Category used to classify Asset Blocks.

There are different kinds of  Asset Category that applies only to certain subtypes of Asset Blocks.

For instance:

. Data Category applies to Information Assets.

. Process Family applies to Resource Operating Assets.

. Risk Type applies to  Functional Assets.

An  Asset Property is a Property that qualifies Individual Assets and their Asset Types.

Example:

. Capabilities (as a functional property).

. Environmental conditions.

. Directives.

An  Asset State is a temporal slice type of an Asset Type.

Examples:

. The lifecyle phases of buildings such as a skycraper: construction phase, operation and maintenance phase, decommissioning phase.

. The lifecycle phases of a person, such as childhood, adulthood, eldery stage.

. The phases of a volcanic eruption:  magma accumulation, plinian phase, eruptive phase, effusive phase, declining phase.

. The lifecyle phases of a hospital such as construction phase, operation and maintenance phase, renovation and expansion phase, decommissioning phase.

An  Asset State is a temporal slice of a Individual Asset.

Examples:

. The state of the Eiffel tower during the 1900 World Fair, with its improved elevators and electric illuminations (Apr 14, 1900 - Nov 12, 1900).

. William Shakespeare in its early theatrical career (1592-1600).

. Confucius in its early childhood.

. The first Plinian phase of the Mount Vesuvius eruption (18 to 20 hour, Aug. 24 A.D. 79), that projected a column of volcanic debris and hot gases.

. Oackland digital hospital after its renovation (2022 - ...).

An  Asset Type is a Class of Individual which is used in the description of the enterprise and its systems, such as Action Processes, Department Types, Applications, Location Types, Period Types.

An  Assurance Instrument is a resource or course of actions used by an Assurance System to achieve its objectives.

For instance:

Actions plans are course of actions aimed at solving incidents.

Data Controls are mechanisms used to ensure data quality and data integrity

Privacy Representatives are used to identify national entities in charge of privacy.

A  Behavior is an Operating Asset that describes any action or reaction of an Agent to external or internal Behavioral Events.  Behaviors include Action Processes (action), Interaction Processs (stories) or interactions (Service Interface).

The course of actions of a  Behavior is constrained ( Rule Enforcement) by the application of Behavioral Rules that define what is allowed and not allowed to do.

A  Behavioral Event is a Temporal Bounding Type that establishes a temporal connection between Behaviors.

A  Behavioral Event connects a Predecessor  Behavioral Event, to a Successor  Behavioral Event.

A  Behavioral Rule is a Directive intended to guide the Behavior of Agents, in compliance with enterprise Policy(ies) or regulations.

Often, a  Behavioral Rule is derived from a Policy.  Behavioral Rules are enforced in Processes and Agents.

A  Block Collection is an Entity Element  that is a grouping of Building Blocks.

The grouping of  Building Blocks can be achieved either by reference (Referencing Relationship) or by nesting (Nesting Relationship), in which case the  Block Collection serves as a Lexical Scope.

Example:

- Container Package as a Block Lexical Scope.

- Asset Portfolio as a pure  Block Collection.

A  Block Lexical Scope is a Block Collection that is also a Lexical Scope for the Building Blocks it groups.

A  Block Lexical Scope defines the existence of its Building Blocks through nesting.

A  Bounded Aggregate is an Aggregate Entity Block which hides its internal structure to the outside world by means of formal Borders.

The only way to access a  Bounded Aggregate is through its formal Borders, which ensures the aggregate's internal consistency.

The Borders of a  Bounded Aggregate is determined by the Connection Relationships it can participate to.

Within a  Bounded Aggregate structure, Bounded Members can be linked together through  Connectors.

The nature of  Connectors is given by their associated Connection Relationship.

Examples:

- Action Processes are bounded by their start and end events (see Behavioral Event).

- Applications are bounded by their APIs borders (API Service Point and API Request Point).

A  Building Block is an autonomous, Entity Element that contributes to the makeup of other  Building Blocks.

 Building Blocks can be either reusable entities (packaged in Containers) or be local to the Aggregate Block that references them (see Block Lexical Scope and Hierarchical Member).

Examples:

-  Functionality(ies), Business Process(es), Data Entity(ies), Tags, ARE  Building Blocks.

- Process Steps or  Attributes of a data entity ARE NOT  Building Blocks. They are members on an internal structure (see Aggregate Member).

A  Capability is a functional  Asset Property which refers to the ability to produce an Outcome Event.

Capabilitys are fulfilled by Agents performing Processes and interacting with other Agents to produce the desired Outcome Event.

A  Class of Bounded Individual is a Class of Individual which denotes Bounded Individuals that have a proper life cycle, bounded by Temporal Bounding Types.

 Class of Bounded Individual is the powertype of  Bounded Individual. It means that all sub-types of Bounded Individual are instances of  Class of Bounded Individual.

Examples:

- Car, , Application,

- A Process Type (Action Process) such as the registration process used at the Oackland digital hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Counterexamples:

- Project is not a  Class of Bounded Individual because its instances have a spatio-temporal extent. Project is a subtype of Bounded Individual.

- Capability is not a  Class of Bounded Individual. It is a Property.

A  Class of Individual is an Ordered Semantic Class of Ontological Blocks that exist in space and time. It is the powertype of  Individual.

 Class of Individuals are represented as dark orange boxes (see the Meta-Model Legend) .

Examples:

- Red;

- 12 kg;

-  Top Secret (TS) confidentiality.

- Birth,

- Death,

A  Condition Category is a class of  Condition Property Type.

Example: Measurement Types (Performance, Security, Cost), PESTEL (political, economic, social, environmental, legal)

It is used to group Condition Property Type(ies) by domain of concerns represented by Family of Measurement.

A  Condition Property is a possible value of a Condition Property Type such as a delivery time of 30 minutes, a weight of 20 kg, a high level of confidentiality, stormy conditions.

A  Condition Property is either a single measure (Measure Property: a weight of 20 kg), an Environmental Property (stormy conditions.) or a Set of Condition Propertiess.

 Condition Propertys are used to constrain Asset Blocks in the context of non-functional requirement analysis and Value Proposition analysis.

Examples:

. Cost of 100€

. Delivery time of 30 minutes.

. Weight of 20 kg.

. Temperature of 18 degree Celcius.

A  Condition Property Type expresses a type of constraint that can be applied to Asset Types.

These constraints can be either Measure Property Type (Time, Mass, Cost, ..), Environmental Property Types (Terrain Type, Light conditions, Weather conditions) or a grouping of these (Set of Environmental Condition Type).

 Condition Property Types are used to constrain Asset Blocks in the context of non-functional requirement analysis and Value Proposition analysis.

A  Connection Relationship is an Aggregate Block that defines possible connections between the Borders of two or more Bounded Aggregates.

Examples:

-  Outcome Event.

- Service Interface.

A  Container is a collection of Building Blocks whose existence and meaning are defined by the  Container.

A  Container is both:

1. A Lexical Scope: the meaning and usage of a Building Block is only applicable within the context of the  Container to which it belongs.

2. A universe of discourse: the complete range of Building Blocks that are expressed, assumed, or implied in an architecture domain.

Examples:

- Container Package

- Library

- Enterprise

A  Container Package is a Container which sole purpose is model management.

Examples:  Library, Information Dictionary

Conterexamples: Enterprises or Infrastructure Landscapes are Containers but are not  Container Packages because they have functional purposes that go beyond model management.

A  Decision is a time bound Resolution, agreed upon by Stakeholders, to state what shall or shall not be done regarding a specific Functional Asset.

Architecturally significant decisions that are been made in the organization typically includes:

a) Product selections

b) Justification for major architectural features of projects

c) Standards deviations

d) Standards lifecycle changes

e) Change Request evaluations and approvals

f) Re-use assessments

A  Decision Type is a Resolution Type that refers to a kind of Decision used to state what shall or shall not be done regarding an enterprise Asset Block.

 Decision Types define a set of  Decision Options which are the possible values that will result from a decision-making process.

For instance, when making decisions about invesment on an enterprise asset, the possible options can be: eliminate, invest, migrate.

An  Enduring Initiative is a long term Initiative which involves roadmapping and governance. Enterprises and their Management Systems are typical  Enduring Initiatives.

1.  Enduring Initiatives are purpose-oriented.

2.  Enduring Initiatives are change management systems: they have objectives regarding the purposes they pursue, maintain and develop.

3.  Enduring Initiatives are measured to ensure they meet their  Goals.

4.  Enduring Initiatives are organized according to subsidiary levels, ensuring autonomy and ownership at each level of delegation while providing responsibility and accountability in achieving common goals.

5.  Enduring Initiatives are under the control of an associed Governing Team.

6.Governing Teams have instruments used to carry out governance: responsibility assignment, assessments, workflow, decision records, incident records.

An  Environment Interaction Process is a story that describes how an Agent interacts with its partners (Partner Agent) to achieve Outcome Events in a specific Operating Eco-System (Agent Environment).

This includes:

1) A course of events represented by Object Flows depicting the succession of intermediate Outcome Events towards the production and consumption of final Outcome Events.

2) Interacting partners who participate to the story in the considered Operating Eco-System.

 First Order Class is defined as the  Meta-Class of all subclasses of Particular Entity Element.

Each instance of  First Order Class is a Class of Entity Element, each of whose instances is necessarily an Particular Entity Element.

The class Particular Entity Element is an instance of  First Order Class since, by definition, all of its instances are Particular Entity Element

 Functional Assets encompasse all  Architecture Asset Types used to describe why and how systems operate/function. This includes the Operating Eco-System where system operates to fulfill these purposes (Agents and their  Behaviors).

 Functional Assets include:

1. Blocks defining results of Behaviors of the enterprise or its sub-systems, that benefit to it internal or external customers : Outcome Event,

2. Blocks used to describe information: Information Asset.

3. Blocks used to describe how the enterprise operates: Operating Assets (Agent, Behavior, Service Interface).

All  Functional Assets are constrained by Policys and are exposed to Risk Types.

A  Governance Event is any event that has an impact on the management and governance of an Enduring Initiative.

This includes the result of Assessments, Decisions, recorded Incidents, Drivers, etc.

 Individuals are Ontological Blocks which represent things that exist over space and time.

 Individuals are represented as light orange boxes, while there classes are represented as dark orange boxes (see the Meta-Model Legend) .

Examples:

. The Eiffel tower completion (31st March 1889)

. The Eiffel tower (31st March 1889 - ...).

. William Shakespeare birth (1592)

. William Shakespeare in its Early Theatrical Career (1592-1600).

. Confucius (685-758).

. Confucius death (758).

. Mount Vesuvius eruption (Aug. 24-25, A.D. 79).

. Oackland digital hospital after its renovation (2022 - ...)

. The execution of the registration process at the Oackland digital hospital, by John Smith, on 17 March 2020.

An  Individual Asset is an  Individual which is used in the description of the enterprise and its systems.

 Individual Assets can be qualified by  Condition Scale Values.

An  Individual Event is a Temporal Bounding that establishes a temporal connection between Individual Behaviors.

An  Individual Event connects a Previous Behavioral Event, to a Next Behavioral Event.

An  Individual Macro Operating Asset is an Individual Operating Asset which correspond to a large-scale enterprise assets. This level of analysis is concerned with understanding how large enterprise systems operate and how they interact with each other.

Examples of macro-level systems:

. Legal entities

. The overall enterprise IT System

. The internet

. System of Systems

. The Enterprise itself.,

A  Individual Mezzo Operating Asset at is the intermediate level between the foundational  Individual Mezzo Operating Assets and the overarching Individual Micro Operating Assets.

At the mezzo level, aggregates or collections of Micro Operating Assets come together to form larger entities or sub-systems.

Boundaries and signals at the mezzo level arise from the interactions and emergent behaviors of micro-level components, yet they also have their own distinct properties and rules not strictly reducible to the micro behaviors.

Emergence at the mezzo level can be analyzed:

1) Bottom-up: Looking at how interactions and behaviors at the micro level give rise to emergent phenomena, structures, or behaviors at the mezzo level.

2)Top-down: Understanding how meso-level structures influence and constrain the behaviors and interactions of the micro-level components within them.

A  Individual Micro Operating Asset represents the foundational level at which a system's structure and interactions can be analyzed without further subdivision into smaller constituent parts.

 Individual Micro Operating Assets set the stage for how higher-level behaviors emerge. As one moves up to higher hierarchical levels (mezzo, macro, etc.), the signals and boundaries at each of those levels are influenced by the foundational interactions set at the micro level.

An  Individual State is a temporal slice of a Bounded Individual.

Examples:

. The state of the Eiffel tower during the 1900 World Fair, with its improved elevators and electric illuminations (Apr 14, 1900 - Nov 12, 1900).

. William Shakespeare in its early theatrical career (1592-1600).

. Confucius in its early childhood.

. The first Plinian phase of the Mount Vesuvius eruption (18 to 20 hour, Aug. 24 A.D. 79), that projected a column of volcanic debris and hot gases.

. Oackland digital hospital after its renovation (2022 - ...).

An  Information Asset  represents anything that can be communicated or memorized by an Agent to produce and react to Outcome Events.

An  Information Asset is either an Information Entity or an  Information Property.
The difference lies in their relationship to change and to time. Information Entity(ies) can change over time and have a lifeycle while  Information Propertys are immutable characteristics.

An  Information Block is an Asset Block involved in the description of information.

 Information Blocks range from Information Assets to Information Domains.

They are packaged in Information Dictionary(ies) and managed in Data Catalogs.

An  Information Dictionary is a Model Package of Information Blocks used to describe an information architecture. This includes:

1. Information Domain which groups Information Entitys by unit knowlege required by an Agent to operate during Behavior execution.

2. Information Entity which constitute resusable unit of information that can change over time.

3. Concept Property which constitue immutable characteristics of Information Entitys.

Concrete implementations of Model Packages are Business Dictionary, Logical Data Dictionary, etc.

An  Information Entity is an Information Asset that is not fundamentally defined by its attributes, but rather by its continuity.

An  Information Entity evolves over time and has states.

For instance a person is an  Information Entity. Employe is a state of a person.

An  Information Entity has relationships to other  Information Entitys and can have  Information Propertys.

An  Information Map is a  Operating Property Map that is the top level grouping of Information Domains.

  Information Maps are used to provide navigationtop level entry points for  Information Dictionary(ies) and to scope data management initiatives at the level of portfolio management ( Data Catalog), at the project level or at the Enterprise level (Enterprise Concept Map).

An  Information Property is an Information Asset that represents a characteristic (Property) of an Information Entity.

An  Information Property is fundamentally defined by its value. It doesn't evolve over time and is thereby immutable.

Examples:

. Address.

. Customer Name.

. Amounts,

An  Initiative is any piece of work that is undertaken or attempted under the responsibility of a Steering Authority.

 Initiatives range from single project to long term initiatives (Enduring Initiative) such as Enterprises.

 Initiatives are sychronized over time using Initiative Milestones.

An  Initiative Resource Type is a type of   Initiative Resource defined by Enduring Initiatives  to achieve its objectives.

For instance:

Data Controls are mechanisms used to ensure data quality and data integrity

Privacy Representatives are used to identify national entities in charge on privacy.

An  Interaction Process is a story (Behavior) that describes how the components of an Agent interacts to produce and consume Outcome Events.
This includes:

1) A course of events represented by  Object Flows depicting the succesion of  intermediate Outcome Events towards the production of the final Outcome Events.

2) Interacting Agents who participate to the story.

A  Lexical Scope is a kind of Abstract Entity Element that defines the existence, visibility, and accessibility of the entities nested within it through a Nesting Relationship.

Nested Entity Elements have no independent identity or validity outside the lexical or structural scope in which they are defined - they exist only within and for the duration of their parent construct.

Every Entity Element belongs to exactly one  Lexical Scope.

A  Lexical Scope carries no intrinsic semantic meaning; it serves purely as a syntactic mechanism for establishing hierarchical containment.

Examples:

1) Composite structures nesting their internal constituents.

2) Social structures nesting their roles and functions.

3) Computer functions nesting their local variables or inner functions

4) Packages nesting their building blocks.

A  Measure Property Type is a Condition Property Type that expresses a type of measurement (Time, Mass, Cost, ..) and define the units used for measures (minutes, kg, euros, etc.).

Examples:

- Time to deliver in minutes.

- Delivery cost in kilo Euros.

Condition Property Types are described by Measure Unit: kg, Liter, Gallon, Hour, Minute.

Condition Property Types are used to constrain Asset Blocks in the context of non-functional requirement analysis and Value Proposition analysis.

A  Meta Family of Class is a  Class of Classes of Element (its members are themselves Class of Elements), typically used to group or organize collections of Class of Elements that share some structural, relational, or definitional property.

In contrast to families of sets, which are sets of sets, a family of classes operates at a higher ontological level-its elements may represent universes, types, or conceptual groupings rather than individual sets.

 Meta-Class (also called  Class of Classes of Entity Element) is defined as the Class of Entity Element of all Class of Entity Elements each of whose instances is necessarily a Class of Entity Element.

In other word,  Meta-Class is the powertype of Class of Entity Element: all sub-classes of Class of Entity Elements are instances of  Meta-Class.

Since  Meta-Class is itself a sub-type of Class of Entity Element,  Meta-Class is an instance of itself.

A  Model Building Block is a Building Block used to represent aspects of the reality. It comprises:

-  Asset Blocks are used to describe the how the enterprise and its systems operate (function) is their eco-systems.

-  Initiatives are used to manage enterprise and systems functional transformations, as well as assurance objectives and activities.

-   Governance Instruments are used to ensure that these objectives and activities are understood and fulfilled.

A Model Container is a Container of Model Building Blocks used to describe both the architecture of the enterprise and Initiatives aimed at designing, developing, running, adapting and maintaining this architecture over time.

Model Containers range from Information Dictionary(ies), architecture Library(ies) up to an entire Enterprise .

A  Model Lexical Scope is Block Lexical Scope for Model Building Blocks.

It also adds the ability to nest Annotation Blocks.

A  Model Property Block is a Building Block used to provide classification and qualification ofModel Building Blocks.

For instance, Tags are used for classification. Condition Value are used for qualification or quantification.

A  Nesting Adjacency is an Adjacency Item that references its Element by nesting.

Nesting is a fundamental concept in complex systems organization where Entity Elements are contained within other Entity Elements, creating hierarchical or web-like structures. This embedding mechanism intrinsically links the properties, behaviors, and lifecycles of nested Elements to their containing Elements, forming cohesive units at multiple scales.

Nesting facilitates the emergence of complex aggregates and properties from simpler Entity Elements, enables efficient design of systems across levels, and supports both autonomy and integration within systems.

 Ontological Block is the root ontological foundation that defines the capacity to embody meaning through Semantic Relationships - such as Composition (Whole/Part), Classification or Specialization.

In contrast, Building Blocks like Aggregate Blocks or Containers act as syntactic constructs, They structure or group  Ontological Blocks, but lack inherent semantic properties of their own, serving purely as structural or logistical tools within the framework.

An  Operating Asset is a Functional Asset that describes the way Outcome Events are produced and consumed: how (Behaviors) and by whom (Agents).

 Operating Assets fulfill Capability(ies) (Fulfilled Capability).

As any  Functional Architecture Asset,  Operating Assets are subject to Policy Conformances. In addition, they define Rule Enforcements to indicate how Policy Conformances are met.

An  Operational Transformation is an Initiative that creates or transform Operating Assets, based on a Capability Map's functional scope.

Its  Goal is to deliver new or improved Capabilitys, with measurable qualitative properties, to well identified beneficiary stakholders.

An  Ordered Semantic Class is collection of Ontological Blocks which it classifies according to a chain of powertype relations, with every  Ordered Semantic Class specializing the basic type of the same order and instantiating the one of the order above.

This make  SysFEAT is a higher-order ontology, so  Ordered Semantic Classes may have members that are also  Ordered Semantic Classes ( Class of Classes).

A  Physical Data Asset  represents the physical structure of any kind of data that can be memorized by a Business Software System.

A  Physical Data Asset is either a Physical Data Entity or a Physical Data Property.

Only Physical Data Entitys can have an identity can by be referenced by Physical Relationship. Physical Data Property only handle raw data.

A  Physical Data Domain is subset of the metadata of an enterprise’s data store.

For instance, a "Sales"  Physical Data Domain contains a "Client" Table and a "Order" Table.

Each Physical Data Entity in a  Physical Data Domain has CRUD characteristics. For instance, the "Client" Table in the "Sales"  Physical Data Domain, has all CRUD characteristics.

 Physical Data Domains define functional data boundaries used both for Data Allocation to Business Systems (see Resource Agent Store) and data governance for data stewardship (see Data Catalog).

A  Policy is a Directive that is not directly enforceable whose purpose is to govern, guide or constrain the structure and Behavior of Agents in the enterprise.

Policies provide the basis for rules and govern Behaviors carried out by Agents.

Example of Policys are Regulation Articles, Business Policys or Architecture principles.

A  Power Class (often denoted P^* (A)) is a Class of Entity Element of all Sub-Class of Entity Elements of a given Class of Entity Element "A".

It generalizes the notion of a power-set (which is the set of all subsets of a set) to the class-theoretic level.

A  Property is an abstract Class of Individual, which purpose is to qualify Bounded Individuals and their classes (Class of Bounded Individual).

Because instances of  Property are Individual Propertys, they do not have proper instances: there are no instances of "red", but there are red Bounded Individuals.

Example:

- 10 degree celcius;

- Ability to cook (a capability);

- Red;

- 12 kg;

-  Top Secret (TS) confidentiality.

- 7/7 availability

A  Property Type is a Class of Class of Individual Object that is used to classify Propertys.

Example:

- Temperature

- Color

- Weight

- Confidentiality

- Availability

A  Reference Dictionary is a kind of Architecture Container that is used as a reference library to hold reference materials used to develop architectures.

Example:

- Vendor Catalog

- Regulatory Framework

-

A  Resolution Option is a possible value of a Resolution Type, that will be selected during a resolution process.

For instance, when making decisions about invesment on an enterprise asset, the possible options are: eliminate, invest, migrate. tolerate.

A  Risk Type is a distinct category or classification of risk based on its origin, nature, or potential impact. It helps in organizing and addressing different sources of uncertainty or potential harm that an individual, organization, or system might face. By categorizing risks into different types, entities can develop more targeted mitigation strategies and response plans.

Common risk types include Operational Risk Type, Privacy Risk Type, and Compliance Risk Type, among others,

 Second Order Class is defined as the  Meta-Class of all subclasses of First Order Class.

Each instance of  Second Order Class is a class, each of whose instances is a First Order Class.

First Order Class is an instance of  Second Order Class since, by definition, all of its instances are First Order Classes.

Examples:

1) Car-Brand (with instances such as VolkswagenCar and HondaCar),

2) AnimalSpecies (with instancessuch as GreyWolf and Dodo), Occupation, and USArmyRank.

A  Software Deployment Environment describes a possible integration context for a Software Deployment Architecture.

It contains the subject Business Software System deployment architecture and the partner deployment architectures it must be integrated with, meaning it must communicates with via technical connections (with communication protocols, port numbers...).

A  Stakeholder is an individual, team, organization, or classes thereof, having an interest in an Initiative.

 Stakeholders have concerns with respect to the Initiative considered in relation to its environment.

A  State Class is a class of the temporal slices of a Class of Bounded Individual. It is the powertype of Individual State.

Examples:

. The lifecyle phases of buildings such as a skycraper: construction phase, operation and maintenance phase, decommissioning phase.

. The lifecycle phases of a person, such as childhood, adulthood, eldery stage.

. The phases of a volcanic eruption:  magma accumulation, plinian phase, eruptive phase, effusive phase, declining phase.

. The lifecyle phases of a hospital such as construction phase, operation and maintenance phase, renovation and expansion phase, decommissioning phase.

A  Temporal Bounding is an Individual whose temporal extent is instantaneous, and whose spatial extent corresponds with the start or end of the Bounded Individuals for which it is the temporal border.

Example:

. The Eiffel tower completion (31st March 1889)

. William Shakespeare birth (1592)

. Confucius death (758).

. Start of the first Plinian phase of the Mount Vesuvius eruption (18h, Aug. 24 A.D. 79)

. Oakland hospital opening in 1994.

A  Temporal Bounding Type is Class of Individual that defines the type of temporal boundaries that delimitate Class of Bounded Individuals.

It is a class of Temporal Bounding.

Exemples:

- Birth,

- Death,

- Start of the plinian phase of a volcanic eruption.

- Hospital opening.

An  Unbounded Aggregate is an Aggregate Entity Block that does not have boundaries and, thereby, that cannot participate to Connection Relationships.

Examples:

- Operating Eco-System;

- Directive.

A  Whole Life Agent is an Agent that is not the temporal slice type of any other Agent.

Examples:

. A type of building such as a skycraper.

. A type of person such as a philosopher.

. A type of facility such as a Hospital.

A  Whole Life Asset is an Asset Type that is not the temporal slice type of any other Asset Type.

Examples:

. A type of building such as a skycraper.

. A type of person such as a philosopher.

. A type of activity such as a volcanic eruption.

. A type of facility such as a Hospital.

 Whole Life Class is the power-type of Whole Life Individual.

Examples:

. A type of building such as a skycraper.

. A type of person such as a philosopher.

. A type of activity such as a volcanic eruption.

. A type of facility such as a Hospital.

. A Process Type (Action Process) such as the registration process used at the Oackland digital hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A  Whole Life Individual is a Bounded Individual that is not the temporal slice of any other Bounded Individual.
A  Whole Life Individual includes its past and future.

Examples:

. The Eiffel tower (31st March 1889 - ...).

. William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 - 23 April 1616).

. Confucius (685-758).

. Mount Vesuvius eruption (Aug. 24-25, A.D. 79).

. Oackland digital hospital (1994 - ...).

. The execution of the registration process at the Oackland digital hospital, by John Smith, on 17 March 2020.