- ebXML Business Process Analysis Participants
- Introduction
- Goal and Objectives
- Business Collaboration Overview
- Business Process and Information Modeling
- The Analysis Process
- Relationship Between Business Process and Core Components
- Analysis Aids: Worksheets and Tools
- References
- Disclaimer
- Contact Information
- Appendix A Context Category—Meta Model Cross-reference
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Appendix A Context Category—Meta Model Cross-reference
The following table cross-references Core Component's contextual categories with Meta Model elements.
|
Contextual Category |
Definition |
Meta Model Element |
Sources of Resources |
Comments |
|
Industry |
The industry or sub-industry in which the information exchange takes place. |
BusinessOperationalMap |
UN/CEFACT, etc. |
Hierarchical values The BOM provides a logical categorization of a set of processes, these processes MAY be organized in more than one way (scheme) or from more than one view including industry. Domain and industry are not the same: an industry is a type of domain which is not necessarily industry specific. |
|
Business Process |
The business process enabled by the information exchange. |
BusinessProcess |
ebXML Catalog of Common Business Processes UN Industry Classes RosettaNet BPAWG (UN/Cefact process group) Business Process patterns |
Hierarchical values. Cross-enterprise situations can be accommodated |
|
Product |
The goods or services that the exchange of information describes or enables |
EconomicResource |
UN/SPCP General Classifications from the UN and general classifications from domains. |
Hierarchical values. |
|
Physical Geography /Conditions /Region |
The physical geography and conditions (weather, altitude, climate) geographical context of the information exchange (not geo-political) |
Geographic and regional categorization MAY be defined by the category schema in the BOM. |
GPS, Aerospace, ISO |
Hierarchical values. Range of conditions are specified as constraints on the category element. |
|
Temporal |
The time-based context of the information exchange |
EconomicCommitment.due |
It is a conditional expression that MAY be evaluated against a multiplicity of criteria. |
Not hierarchical. This can be a range of dates. |
|
Geo- Political Legislative/ Regulatory/ Cultural |
Political Rules (usually defined by Geography) and Regulatory Organizations which are used. External influence to business conversation |
Geopolitical and regulatory categorization MAY be defined by the category schema in the BOM. |
ATA, DOD, FAA, AECMA, UN/Cefact. ISO |
Hierarchical values-stop at high level (province, state or city level)-do not specify body of regulation. |
|
Application Processing |
The application and/or system context of the information exchange There is some agreed-upon level of support. |
Business Service |
UN economic activity and/or OAG: this is hierarchical. (Applications within applications). — *Broad* definition of "application". Self-registered by external bodies. |
Supports vendor and industry sub-standards values. |
|
Business Purpose/Domain |
A business purpose context unrelated to the business process. This is the"purpose" of the recipient(s) of the business information. |
BOM |
|
Business Purpose and domain MAY be defined and scoped by the BOM categorization schema. |
|
Partner Role |
Particular role that a party plays in a process. |
Partner Role |
|
Non-hierarchical. Is it defined in commercial collaboration |
|
Service Level (profiles— not preferences.) |
Service level attached to agreements of either the provider or receiver of products. |
Agreement |
OTA, Credit agencies |
Hierarchical. |
|
Virtual marketplace |
An environment in which to do business |
Marketplace categorization MAY be defined by the category schema in the BOM. |
|
A market place and community are synonymous. |
|
Info. Structural Context |
[The "element" context of information in an XML sense] |
Business Document, InformationEntity |
Self-referential, MAY be hierarchical. |
|
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Contracts/Agreements |
|
Agreement, EconomicContract. |
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