FAMILY OF CONCEPTS - Structural Partition of Domain Asset
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Domain AssetA Domain Asset is the representation of any type of tangible or intanglible resource, or its respective state, that is critical for comprehending an enterprise, including its data, resources, and activities. Similar to any Information Asset, a Domain Asset can be classified into three categories: 1) Conceptual Entitys denote entities that can change over time. 2) Event Concepts embody the temporal boundaries associated with Conceptual Entitys. 3) Concept Propertys represent immutable characteristics of Conceptual Entitys. |
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DISJOINT SUBTYPES of 'Domain Asset'
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Class of Conceptual Entity |
A Class of Conceptual Entity is a class of concepts which have Conceptual Entitys as instances: Class of Conceptual Entitys classify Conceptual Entitys. |
Concept Property |
A Concept Property is an immutable factual characteristic of a Conceptual Entity. Example: names, amounts, etc. |
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Concept View |
A Concept View specifies an aspect of a Conceptual Entity based on the selection of characteristics and relationship of this Conceptual Entity that matter for a particular processing. |
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Conceptual Entity |
A Conceptual Entity is the representation of any tangible or intanglible resource or state of such resource that is of interest to understand the enterprises, its data, resources and activities. A Conceptual Entity is either a Concept or a State Concept. Example: - "Person" is a Conceptual Entity of type Concept, Its temporal boundaries are is birth and its death (see Event Concept). - "Employee" is a Conceptual Entity of type State Concept: it is a state of a "person". Its temporal boundaries are its hiring and its departure. |
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Event Concept |
An Event Concept is a Domain Asset that represents a type of change used to draw the temporal boundaries of Conceptual Entitys. Examples: - order placing - order delivery - birth - death |