BUILDING BLOCK - Application
| Description | An Application is a Business Software System that provides a set of Functionality(ies) that End Users see as a single unit. Essentially Applications are architectural constructions resulting from the combinaison of the following four criteria: 1) A group of Functionality that End Users see as a single unit. 2) A managed asset (Managed Application) associated with a budget line in the context of an Application Portfolio. 3) A body of code that is seen by developers as a single unit. 4) A group of deployable software units (Deployable Application Packages) that must be installed together on one or multiple execution nodes (Computing System). Application is a Mezzo enterprise asset that sits between Application System and Application Component in the decomposition of Business Software Systems. Example: " Payroll" is an Application that is part an " HR System" which is an Application System. The "Payroll" Application includes, among other things, the "Salary and Wage Calculation" Application Component. |
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| External references |
 C4 Model - Software System,
 Martin Fowler - Application Boundary,
Microsoft - Architecture Design - Architecture Styles,
OMG - UAF - Software,
OpenGroup - ArchiMate - Application Component,
OpenGroup - TOGAF - Definition - Application Component,
OpenGroup - TOGAF - Enterprise Metamodel - Physical Application Component |
| Super Types | 
Mezzo Business System
Software Module (from partition:
Systemic Levels of Software Module) |
| Functional Domain | 
Application Functional ArchitectureThe Application Functional Architecture domain is used to describe the functional structure and behavior of Business Software Systems. |
| Dictionary | 
Dictionary of SysFEAT concepts |
| Systemic Levels | 
Mezzo |
| Lexical Scope | 
Architecture Container |
| Framework Mapping |
ArchiMate - Application Layer : Application Component - Mezzo SysFEAT Outcome Centric Model : IT Asset TOGAF - Enterprise Metamodel Mapping : Physical Application Component C4 Model Mappings : Software System DoDAF Mapping : System |
RELATIONSHIPS
Simple Graph Graph & Inheritance Table
Simple Graph
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TEXTUAL SYNTAX
SEMANTIC TAXONOMY
Sub-Types Super-Types
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BORDERS
| Name | Super type | Border Type | Description |
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| API Request Point | 
Business Agent::Business Request Point | 
Application Interface | |
| API Service Point | 
Business Agent::Business Service Point |
Application Interface |
INTERNAL STRUCTURE
