Core Entities and Relationships/Metamodel Context

Question 1

Organization Unit

Answer 1

A self contained unit of resources with goals, objectives, and measures. Organization units may include external parties and business partner organizations.

Question 2

Actor

Answer 2

A person, organization, or system that has a role that initiates interacts with activities.

Question 3

Role

Answer 3

The usual or expected function of an actor, or the part somebody or something plays in a particular action or event.

Question 4

Function

Answer 4

Delivers business capabilities closely aligned to an organization, but not explicitly governed by the organization.

Question 5

Business Service

Answer 5

Supports business capabilities through an explicitly defined interface and is explicitly governed by an organization.

Question 6

Process

Answer 6

Describes the flow of interactions between functions and business service. The activities undertaken by the function to deliver the business service

Question 7

Data Entity

Answer 7

An encapsulation of data that is recognized by a business domain expert as a discrete concept. Data entities can be tied to applications, repositories, and services and may be structured according to implementation considerations.

Question 8

Logical Application Component

Answer 8

An encapsulation of application functionality that is independent of a particular implementation.

Question 9

Physical Technology Component

Answer 9

A specific technology infrastructure product or technologyinfrastructure product instance. For example, a particular product version of a Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) solution, or a specific brand and version of server

Question 10

Platform Service

Answer 10

A technical capability required to provide enabling infrastructure that supports the delivery of applications.