SysFEAT - Systemic Framework for Enterprise Architecture & Transformationk

BUILDING BLOCK - Interaction Process

Description	Abstract Concept 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. Conceptualization Levels of Interaction Process: an Interaction Process is either a Conceptual Interaction Scenario or a Resource Interaction Process
External references	OMG - UAF - InteractionScenario
Super Types	Behavior (from partition: Structural Partition of Behavior)
Functional Domain	System Operating Framework - SOF The System Operating Framework - SOF models how an active system (Agent) operates/functions (Behavior) in its Operating Eco-System to produce Outcome Events that benefit (value) to other Agents or affect (have an effect upon) these Agents.
Dictionary	Dictionary of SysFEAT patterns
Lexical Scope	Architecture Container
Framework Mapping	UAF - Operational Views : InteractionScenario UAF - Resource Views : InteractionScenario UAF - Personal Views : InteractionScenario

RELATIONSHIPS

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Relationship Table

Relationship	Cardinality	Target Entity	Source Entity	Description
Specialized Scenario	[*..0]	Interaction Process	Interaction Process
Realized Scenario	[*..0]	Interaction Process	Interaction Process
Interaction Flow	[*..0]	Outcome Event	Interaction Process
Scenario Participant	[*..0]	Agent	Interaction Process	A Scenario Participant is a Behavior Participant engaged in Interaction Flow the context of an Interaction Process.
Start Event	[1..1]	Behavioral Event	Behavior	A Start Event is a temporal border of a Behavior representating its reaction to a Behavioral Event that starts it.
Input	[*..0]	Outcome Event	Behavior	An Input is a border of a Behavior that refers to the reaction to an Outcome Event that starts the Behavior.
End Event	[1..1]	Behavioral Event	Behavior	An End Event is a temporal border of a Behavior representing the production of a Behavioral Event that ends it.
Output	[*..0]	Outcome Event	Behavior	An Output is a border of a Behavior that refers to the production of an Outcome Event that ends the Behavior.
Behavior Temporal Border	[*..0]	Behavioral Event	Behavior
Hierarchical Member	[*..0]	Building Block	Aggregate Block	A Hierarchical Member is an Aggregate Member that is also a Block Lexical Scope for the Building Block it aggregates: it relates its aggregated block by nesting (see Nesting Relationship).Hierarchical Members are used to build hierarchical structures of Building Blocks, in constrast to Block Members which are used to build network structures of Building Blocks.
Block Member	[*..0]	Building Block	Aggregate Block	A Block Member is an Aggregate Member that aggregates its releated Building Block by reference (see Referencing Relationship).Block Members are used to build network structures of Building Blocks while Hierarchical Members are used to build hierarchical structures of Building Blocks.

TEXTUAL SYNTAX

SEMANTIC TAXONOMY

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BORDERS

Name	Super type	Border Type	Description
Behavior Temporal Border		Behavioral Event
End Event	Operating Asset::Operating Exit Class of Bounded Individual::End Type	Behavioral Event	An End Event is a temporal border of a Behavior representing the production of a Behavioral Event that ends it.
Input	Behavior::Start Event	Outcome Event	An Input is a border of a Behavior that refers to the reaction to an Outcome Event that starts the Behavior.
Output	Behavior::End Event	Outcome Event	An Output is a border of a Behavior that refers to the production of an Outcome Event that ends the Behavior.
Start Event	Operating Asset::Operating Entry Class of Bounded Individual::Start Type	Behavioral Event	A Start Event is a temporal border of a Behavior representating its reaction to a Behavioral Event that starts it.

INTERNAL STRUCTURE

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CONNECTORS

Connector	Source	Target	Connector Type	Description
Interaction Flow	Scenario Participant. Output	Scenario Participant. Input	Outcome Event	Abstract Connection References: OMG - UAF - InteractionMessage