FAMILY OF CONCEPTS - Structural Partition of Functional Asset
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Functional Asset Functional Assets encompasse all Asset Types used to describe why and how systems operate/function. This includes the Operating Eco-System where system operates to fulfill these purposes (Agent Types and their Behavior Types). Functional Assets include: 1. Blocks defining results of Behavior Types 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 Asset Types (Agent Type, Behavior Type, Service Interface). |
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DISJOINT SUBTYPES of 'Functional Asset'
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Behavioral Event |
A Behavioral Event is a Temporal Bounding Type that establishes a temporal connection between Behavior Types. A Behavioral Event connects a Predecessor Behavioral Event, to a Successor Behavioral Event. |
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Information Asset |
An Information Asset represents anything that can be communicated or memorized by an Agent Type to produce and react to Outcome Events. An Information Asset is either an Information Entity or an Information Property. The difference lies in their relationship to change and to time. Information Entity(ies) can change over time and have a lifeycle while Information Propertys are immutable characteristics. |
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Operating Asset Type |
An Operating Asset Type is a Functional Asset that describes the way Outcome Events are produced and consumed: how (Behavior Types) and by whom (Agent Types). Operating Asset Types fulfill Capability(ies) (Fulfilled Capability). As any Functional Architecture Asset, Operating Asset Types are subject to Policy Conformances. In addition, they define Rule Enforcements to indicate how Policy Conformances are met. |
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Operating Eco-System |
An Operating Eco-System is an Operating Context in which an Agent Type exists or lives for a specific purpose, interacting with partners. For instance, the operating context of an enterprise includes its customers and suppliers. |