BUILDING BLOCK - Concept
| Description | A Concept is the representation of any tangible or intanglible entity that is of interest to understand the enterprise, its data, resources and activities. A Concept is defined through its essential characteristics which can be: 1) A Concept Property that represents some an immutable factual characteristic such as "name", "amount". 2) A Concept Relationship that represents relationships to other Concepts. |
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| External references |
 DDD - Glossary - Entity,
ISO 15926 - ClassOfInformationObject,
OMG - SBVR - Concept,
OMG - UAF - OperationalInformation,
OpenGroup - TOGAF - Enterprise Metamodel - Business Information,
OpenGroup -ArchiMate - Business-Object,
Russell Ackoff - Choice & Communication - Concept |
| Super Types | 
Conceptual Entity (from partition:
Structural Partition of Conceptual Entity) |
| Functional Domain | 
Enterprise GlossaryThe Enterprise Glossary domain comprises the Concepts, relationships and Terms used to build the glossary of an enterprise. |
| Dictionary | 
Dictionary of SysFEAT concepts |
| Conceptualization Levels | 
Conceptual |
| Systemic Levels |
Micro |
| Lexical Scope | 
Architecture Container
Business Dictionary |
| Framework Mapping |
TOGAF - Enterprise Metamodel Mapping : Business Information ArchiMate - Business Layer : Business Passive Structure Element ArchiMate - Business Layer : Concept DoDAF Mapping : Conceptual Entity |
RELATIONSHIPS
Simple Graph Graph & Inheritance Table
Simple Graph
Composition: ➝ Classification: ➝ Specialization: ➝ Enumerated definition: ➝ Syntax: ➝
TEXTUAL SYNTAX
SEMANTIC TAXONOMY
Sub-Types Super-Types
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INTERNAL STRUCTURE
SAMPLES
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 Concept - Drug | ||
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