CC/BP Terminology alignment

["Lisa M. Shreve" <lms@wwnet.com>]

Hi all,

In light of the discussion over the glossary occuring on the steering
committee listserv, and the efforts going on within core components, and
between core components and business process, I wanted to make this
available as soon as possible.

This is a work in progress!  The thing I really like about this matrix
is that it has compiled a set of descriptions/definitions which are
being used in cc and bp along with the set of terms which are being used
for the same description.

Reaching consensus on these terms has been an obstacle to getting the CC
methodology for describing core components updated and out for further
review.  So, I am most anxious to reach concensus.

Regards,

lms

Title: Core Component Terminology

Core Component Terminology

Version 0.1a, 18th October 2000

The following terms are defined in the various models currently proposed for the Core Components group.

NB. The first two terms are taken from the Business Process metamodel to allow core component definitions to be positioned with respect to Business Processes.

Proposed CC Terminology	Description	Original Model Terminology	Component Use Terminology
BusinessContext	Defines a context in which a business has chosen to employ an information entity	EntityApplication	Context/Classification
IndustrySector	Identifies which industry sector the context is being employed within from a predefined set of sector identifiers (or Other if not one of the predefined industry sectors)	Industry	ContextFactor
IndustrySectorQualifier	Subsection of existing industry sector. (If Other  has been selected for the IndustrySector a new industry is proposed for addition to the IndustrySector list.)		ContextFactor
BusinessProcess	Identifies which business process the context applies to. (Taken from a predefined set of generic business processed)		ContextFactor
BusinessProcessQualifier	Identifies the generic type of the subprocess that applies to the context (e.g. whether it is part of a request/response sequence, a simple notification, etc)		ContextFactor
Region	Identifies the geographical region in which the information entity can validly be used		ContextFactor
CountryCodes	Identifies specific countries the information entity is valid within through their 2-alpha ISO 3166 country code.		ContextFactor
OfficialRequirements	Identifies which official information requirements the context satisfies.		ContextFactor

 

BusinessDocument	The set of functional units that are interchanged as part of a business activity			InformationBundle
FunctionalUnit	A set of information entities that can be used within a Business Document to control a business activity	EntityPattern
InformationEntity	Generic term that covers both AggregateInformationEntity and BasicInformationEntity.
AggregateInformationEntity	Defines a functional unit representation form that contains embedded information entities.	BusinessEntity		AggregateComponent
Identifier	Character string used to uniquely identify an information entity.	Identification
Name	Human-readable string for identification of information entity.	Name
Description	Description of function of information entity.	Description
SubmittedBy	Unique identifier assigned to organization submitting definition.	Submitter
Date	ISO 8601 date on which information entity was documented.	DateSubmitted
EmailAddress	Address to be used to request further information about information entity by e-mail.
MinMax	Indicates the maximum and minimum number of occurrences of the information entity that are permitted within this aggregate information entity.			Cardinality
EmbeddedInformationEntity	Rules to be applied when embedding an information entity within an aggregate information entity.	EntityComponent		StructuralCoreComponent
InformationEntityID	Identifier used to uniquely identify embedded information entity	EntityID or RepresentationID
ExplanationOfUse	Explanation of function of embedded information entity within the aggregate information entity.
Order	If the order in which adjacent embedded information entities are entered is significant then all embedded information entities affected by the order should be assigned one of the values of sequence, all or choice.
BasicInformationEntity	Defines a functional unit representation form which contains data but which does not have embedded information entities.	RepresentationClass		SingleComponent
ControllingAgency	Agency responsible for controlling the content of an information entity
AgencyAssignedID	Identifier used to recognize the information entity within the specified ControllingAgency.
RepresentationType	Type of data to be used to represent the content of an information entity. (Must be a member of the set of Representation Types defined for ebXML.)	Format
URL	Electronic address used to access details about an externally defined code list.
PermittedValue	Defines one of the permitted values that has been assigned to a code list associated with a BasicInformationEntity.	CodeValue
Value	Form in which a permitted value is to be specified.
MeaningOfValue	Meaning represented by value.
Language	Language in which meaning of value is specified, expressed using codes defined in IETF RFC 1766.
Rule	Rule used to validate correct use of component.			Rule
Extension	Extension to information entity definition when applying a component in an Business Message.			Extension