Architecture Assets & Packaging

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CONCEPT DOMAIN - Architecture Assets & Packaging

Description
Dictionary	SysFEAT System Operating Framework
Parent Domain	SysFEAT Foundation Ontology Map
Domain dependencies	4D Composite Knowledge Graph Architecture Packages Compositionality Functional Asset and Operating Constraints Model Block Packaging Packaging Reflexive Knowledge Graph

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Architecture Assets
The Architecture Assets domain defines top level constructs used in enterprise architecting: Asset Types, Asset Category(ies), Asset Property(ies).
- Asset Category
  An Asset Category is a Category used to classify Asset Types.
  There are different kinds of Asset Category that applies only to certain subtypes of Asset Types.
  For instance:
  . Data Category applies to Information Assets.
  . Process Family applies to Resource Operating Assets.
  . Risk Type applies to Functional Assets.
- Asset Property
  An Asset Property is a Property that qualifies Individual Assets and their Asset Types.
  Example:
  . Capabilities (as a functional property).
  . Environmental conditions.
  . Directives.
- Asset Property Type
  An Asset Property Type is a classification of Asset Propertys.
- Asset State
  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 - ...).
- Asset State Type
  An Asset State Type 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.
- Asset Type
  An Asset Type is a Class of Individual which is used in the description of the enterprise and its systems, such as Action Process Typees, Department Types, Applications, Location Types, Period Types.
- Category Partition
- Condition Category
  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.
- Condition Property
  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.
- Condition Property Type
  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.
- Environmental Condition Type
  An Environmental Condition Type is a class of Environmental Property Type.
  Example: PESTEL (political, economic, social, environmental, legal), physical conditions (weather conditions, terrain conditions,)
  It is used to group Environmental Property Type(ies) by domain of concerns represented by Schema of Measurement.
- Environmental Property
  An Environmental Property is a specific value of an Environmental Property Type.
  Environmental Propertys are used as constraints on Asset Blocks in the context of non-functional requirement analysis and Value Proposition analysis.
  Examples:
  - Muddy, frozen ground, deep snow (Terrain Type),
  - Broad daylight, dusk, moonlit (Light condition).
- Environmental Property Type
  An Environmental Property Type is a characteristic of the environment in which an Enterprise or its sub-systems are required to operate.
  Examples:
  . Terrain Type: muddy, frozen ground, deep snow, etc;
  . Light conditions: broad daylight, dusk, moonlit, etc;
  . Weather condition: stormy, sunny, cloudy, etc;
  . Polical conditions: political stability, level of education;
  . Economical conditions: exchange rates, inflation rate.
- Family of Category
  A Family of Category is a Top level group of categories that belong to a common domain.
  For instance, the GDPR categorization schema groups all categories relevant to GDPR such as data categories, sensitive activities.
- Family of Measurement
  A Family of Measurement is a top level grouping of Condition Category(ies) that belong to a common domain.
- Individual Asset
  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.
- Location
  A Location is a geopolitical location anywhere on the earth.
  Examples:
  - France
  - Paris
  - Washington DC
  - Cairo
  - Buenos-Aires
  - Asia
- Location Type
  A Location Type is a type of Location that is a geopolitical location.
  Example:
  - Continent
  - Country
  - City
  - District
  - Street
- Measure Property
  A Measure Property is a possible value of a Measure Property Type such as a delivery time of 30 minutes, a weight of 20 kg, a high level of confidentiality.
  It represents how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify according to its Constraining Measurable Property.
  Measure Propertys are used as constraints on Asset Blocks in the context of non-functional requirement analysis and Value Proposition analysis.
- Measure Property Type
  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.
- Measurement Type
  A Measurement Type is a class of measurement.
  Example: Performance, Security, Cost.
  It is used to group Measure Property Type(ies) by domain of concerns represented by Family of Measurements.
- Period
  A Period that is an arbitrary period of time.
  Examples:
  - 20 Minutes - the set of all 20 minute periods
  - 3.345 Nanoseconds- the set of all 3.345 Nanosecond periods.
  - Quater - the set all all quaters : 1 quater of 1492, 3rd quater of 2056, ....
  - 7000 Years- the set of all 7000 Year period.
- Period Type
  A Period Type that is an arbitrary period of time.
  Period Type is used to define the period on which Time Events or Event Concepts can occur.
  Examples:
  - Year - the set of all years (..., -5000, ... 50, ..., 800, ..., 1000, ..., 1789, ..., 1946, ..., 2050, ...)
  - 3.345 Nanoseconds- the set of all 3.345 Nanosecond periods.
  - Quater - the set all all quaters : 1 quater of 1492, 3rd quater of 2056, ....
  - 7000 Years- the set of all 7000 Year period.
- Set of Condition Properties
  A Set of Condition Properties is a 'And' combination of Condition Propertys.
  Example:
  . Delivery time of 30 minutes, at a cost ranging between $8.50 and $10, in stormy conditions.
- Set of Environmental Condition Type
  A Set of Environmental Condition Type is an "and" combination of Condition Property Types.
  Example:
  . "Delivery time" at "appropriate cost" in "stormy conditions".
- Whole Life Asset
  A Whole Life Asset is a Individual Asset that is not the temporal slice of any other Individual Asset.
  A Whole Life Asset 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 registration process used at the Oackland digital hospital during the COVID-19 pandemic (17 March 2020 - 1 May 2020).
- Whole Life Asset Type
  A Whole Life Asset Type 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.
Architecture Packages
The Architecture Packages domain defines how Asset Blocks are grouped and packaged.
- Architecture Block
  An Architecture Block is any Model Building Block used to describe the architecture of a system (including the enterprise). This includes Asset Blocks (Applications, org-units, Business Functions, Business Processes...) and Individual Architecture Assets (physical persons, software installations, locations, ...).
- Architecture Block Collection
  An Architecture Block Collection is a collection of Asset Blocks usually created for model management purposes, such as validating or sharing a set of Asset Blocks.
- Architecture Container
  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.
- Architecture Lexical Scope
  An Architecture Lexical Scope is a kind of Model Lexical Scope for Architecture Blocks.
- Asset Block
  An Asset Block is an Architecture Block used to describe the System Operating Framework - SOF of the enterprise and its systems.
- Library
  A Library is a kind of Architecture Container used to group Asset Blocks into several independent modules (aka package).
  They allow virtual partitions of model repositories used for model management. In particular, Asset Blocks belonging to different Library(ies) can have the same name (namespacing).
- Reference Dictionary
  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
  -