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.

A  Concept Domain is a subset of the Concepts of a  Business Dictionary that are relevant to an Operating Domain.

For instance, a "Sales Concept Domain" comprises at least the Concepts of "Customer" and "Order" while a standard "Marketing Concept Domain" comprises at least the Concepts of "Market Segment", "Product" and "Value Proposition".

An  Enterprise is a macro Enduring Initiative that delivers added-value Products (goods & services) to its target  Customers.

It requires a formal organization of groups of people and resources to achieve its purposes.

A  Conceptual Entity is the representation of any tangible or intanglible resource or state of such resource that is of interest to understand the enterprises, its data, resources and activities.

A  Conceptual Entity is either a Concept or a State Concept.

Example:

- "Person" is a  Conceptual Entity of type Concept, Its temporal boundaries are is birth and its death (see Event Concept).

- "Employee" is a  Conceptual Entity of type State Concept: it is a state of a "person". Its temporal boundaries are its hiring and its departure.

A  Domain Asset is the representation of any type of tangible or intanglible resource, or its respective state, that is critical for comprehending an enterprise, including its data, resources, and activities.

Similar to any Information Asset, a  Domain Asset can be classified into three categories:

1)  Conceptual Entitys denote entities that can change over time.

2) Event Concepts embody the temporal boundaries associated with Conceptual Entitys.

3)  Concept Propertys represent immutable characteristics of Conceptual Entitys.

An  Enterprise Initiative is a past, current or future state of the enterprise.

Each stage represents an initiative comprising a purposeful set of activities whose primary purpose is focused on achieving a set of clearly defined objectives that may transcend organisational boundaries and consequently require integrated team working under the direction of an Architecture Governance Committee.