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BUILDING BLOCK - Functional Asset

Description	Abstract Concept Functional Assets encompasse all Architecture Asset Types used to describe why and how systems operate/function. This includes the Operating Eco-System where system operates to fulfill these purposes (Agents and their Behaviors). Functional Assets include: 1. Blocks defining results of Behaviors of the enterprise or its sub-systems, that benefit to it internal or external customers : Outcome Event, 2. Blocks used to describe information: Information Asset. 3. Blocks used to describe how the enterprise operates: Operating Assets (Agent, Behavior, Service Interface). All Functional Assets are constrained by Policys and are exposed to Risk Types. Conceptualization Levels of Functional Asset: a Functional Asset is either a Resource Functional Asset or a Conceptual Functional Asset Structural Partition of Functional Asset: a Functional Asset is either an Operating Eco-System, an Information Asset, an Operating Asset or a Behavioral Event
External references	de Weck - The three dimensions of complexity, OMG - UAF - Asset, OpenGroup - ArchiMate - Element, Russell Ackoff - Choice & Communication - FunctionalClass, SEBoK - Functional Architecture, Wikipedia - Software Functional Architecture, WordNet - Product (Production)
Super Types	Aggregate Entity Block Asset Type (from partition: Structural Partition of Asset Type)
Functional Domain	System Operating Framework - SOF The System Operating Framework - SOF models how an active system (Agent) operates/functions (Behavior) in its Operating Eco-System to produce Outcome Events that benefit (value) to other Agents or affect (have an effect upon) these Agents.
Dictionary	Dictionary of SysFEAT patterns
Lexical Scope	Architecture Container

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Relationship	Cardinality	Target Entity	Source Entity	Description
Specialized Functional Asset	[*..0]	Functional Asset	Functional Asset
Realized Functional Asset	[*..0]	Functional Asset	Functional Asset	A kind of specialization between an implementing Functional Asset and its abstract Realized Functional Asset.Realization relationships are the foundation to establish the mapping between Functional Assets that belong to different Conceptualization Levels.
Policy Conformance	[*..0]	Policy	Functional Asset	A Policy Conformance is the conformity requirement that applies a Functional Asset.
Risk	[*..0]	Risk Type	Functional Asset	A Risk refers to the potential for loss resulting from inadequate structure or behavior of a Functional Asset.
Connector	[*..0]	Connection Relationship	Aggregate Entity Block	A Connector is Block Member that connects a source Bounded Member to a target Bounded Member through their Entry Border and Exit Border.The semantic of Connector is given by their associated Connection Relationship.Examples:. Event that manifests a transition between two states.. Sequences between the end of a process step and the start of another process step.. Interface connection between a service consumer agent and a service provider agent.
Composition Type	[*..0]	Class of Individual	Class of Individual	Composition Type is the powertype of Composition (Whole/Part).
Hierarchical Member	[*..0]	Building Block	Aggregate Block	A Hierarchical Member is an Aggregate Member that is also a Block Lexical Scope for the Building Block it aggregates: it relates its aggregated block by nesting (see Nesting Relationship).Hierarchical Members are used to build hierarchical structures of Building Blocks, in constrast to Block Members which are used to build network structures of Building Blocks.
Block Member	[*..0]	Building Block	Aggregate Block	A Block Member is an Aggregate Member that aggregates its releated Building Block by reference (see Referencing Relationship).Block Members are used to build network structures of Building Blocks while Hierarchical Members are used to build hierarchical structures of Building Blocks.
Enumerated Definition	[1..1]	Operating Eco-System	Functional Asset
Enumerated Definition	[1..1]	Information Asset	Functional Asset
Enumerated Definition	[1..1]	Operating Asset	Functional Asset
Enumerated Definition	[1..1]	Behavioral Event	Functional Asset

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BUILDING BLOCK - Functional Asset

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