Thesaurus

Business Repository

Part of an enterprise description repository that is only concerned with the business aspects

Class Diagram

UML diagram that shows a collection of declarative (static) UML model elements such as classes and types, with their contents and relationships >>

Class Properties

Informative, active or transformative properties that apply to each instance or all instances of the semantic class >>

Complexity

Feature of a system made up of several elements linked by multiple relations and cannot be understood only as the sum of its parts >>

Complication

Unnecessary and artificial complexity >>

Componential Analysis

Decomposition of a signified into its basic semes >>

Contractualisation

Precept according to which, upon any exchange, the rights and obligations of the participants should be clarified >>

Cooperation Principle

Principle of the object-oriented approach according to which a behavior (a function) of a system results from the cooperation between the objects it is composed of >>

Course Of Action

Way of organizing the activities >>

Data

Perception element; that which is given through perception >>

Data Policy

Concerted manner for conducting everything related to enterprise data >>

Delegation Precept

Precept of organizational design, encourages maximum autonomy of decision-making and action to the actors >>

Deployment

Location of an artifact or an artifact instance >>

Derivation

Action of producing one thing mechanically from another thing >>

Design

To invent

Discipline

Aggregation of know-how, procedures and methods into a unit of skills based upon generic knowledge >>

Domain

Area of knowledge or activity >>

Element of Intent

Formulation of an intention >>

Elucidation

Precept according to which the analysis of the actor’s real motivations must be carried out before any allocation decision >>

Enterprise

Any organized and willful entity or action >>