DEFINITION DISJOINT SUBTYPES CONTENT MANAGEMENT

FAMILY OF CONCEPTS - Structural Partition of Functional Asset


Categorized Class  Functional Asset
 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.

DISJOINT SUBTYPES of 'Functional Asset'


NameDescription
  Behavioral Event
Behavioral Event is a Temporal Bounding Type that establishes a temporal connection between Behaviors.
Behavioral Event connects a Predecessor  Behavioral Event, to a Successor  Behavioral Event.
  Information Asset
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.
  Operating Asset
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.
  Operating Eco-System An  Operating Eco-System is an  Operating Context in which an Agent exists or lives for a specific purpose, interacting with partners.
For instance, the operating context of an enterprise includes its customers and suppliers.