Informational Concepts are passive entities which provide a way to link the operational side of an organization to its business goals and the products (through behavior entities) that it offers to its customers. In the Metamodel above, you can see that: The contract entity is a kind of business objectRead More →
A behavior element is defined as a unit of activity performed by one or more active structure elements. The active structure concepts are assigned to behavioral concepts, to show who or what performs the behavior as shown in the metamodel below: Internal vs External Behavioral Concepts While the internal business services offerRead More →
The structure aspect at the business layer refers to the static structure of an organization, in terms of the entities that make up the organization and their relationships. Two types of entities are distinguished: Activity and passive entities Active Entity – Perform some behavior such as business process or functions, theyRead More →
This layer includes a number of additional informational concepts which are relevant in the business domain: a product and associated contract, the meaning of business objects, and the value of products and business services. The Figure shows the metamodel of business layer concepts. In the Figure above, we use colorsRead More →