FAMILY OF CONCEPTS - Structural Partition of Information Asset
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Information AssetAn Information Asset represents anything that can be communicated or memorized by an Agent 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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DISJOINT SUBTYPES of 'Information Asset'
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Information Entity |
An Information Entity is an Information Asset that is not fundamentally defined by its attributes, but rather by its continuity. An Information Entity evolves over time and has states. For instance a person is an Information Entity. Employe is a state of a person. An Information Entity has relationships to other Information Entitys and can have Information Propertys. |
Information Property |
An Information Property is an Information Asset that represents a characteristic (Property) of an Information Entity. An Information Property is fundamentally defined by its value. It doesn't evolve over time and is thereby immutable. Examples: . Address. . Customer Name. . Amounts, |