DEFINITION DISJOINT SUBTYPES CONTENT MANAGEMENT

FAMILY OF CONCEPTS - Conceptualization Levels of Agent Type

Categorized Class  Agent Type
An  Agent Type is an Operating Asset Type which is able to participate actively to Behavior Types, to produce and react to Outcome Events.
1.  Agent Types participate to Action Process Typees (Active Participant) and/or conduct Action Process Typees (Performed Process).
2.  Agent Types participate to Interaction Process Type (Scenario Participant) describing how they interact with other  Agent Types.
These actions and interactions define  Agent Types boundaries described by Service Interfaces.

DISJOINT SUBTYPES of 'Agent Type'

NameDescription
  Conceptual Agent
A  Conceptual Agent is an Agent Type that depicts a functional division of labor within an enterprise, influencing the formation of its business operating model.
The concrete specializations of  Conceptual Agent follow the systemic level pattern and come in the form of Operating Domain (a Macro  Conceptual Agent) and Business Function (a Mezzo  Conceptual Agent).
  Resource Agent Type
A  Resource Agent Type is an entity type which instance belongs to the physical space, and comprises Human Agent Types, Hardware System Types, Software System Types and Natural Resource Types.
 Resource Agent Type is the supertype of all types of Agent Types that produce and react to Resource Outcome Events.
This includes:
1) Business Agent Types which represent  physical resources that produce and react to Business Outcome Events of the enterprise.
2) Technology Systems which represents enabling systems that produce and react to  Technology Outcome Events.