[Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] | [List Home]
Subject: Re: [ebxml-bp] Re: [ebsoa] Re: [ebxml-bp] eBusiness Metamodel EARLYDRAFT 0.03
Thread split to just BP list... David RR Webber wrote: >Duane, > >Concur. > >Some other thoughts - missing pieces - linking and switching and tracking >state > [DN] For tracking the state, in the CEFACT model, we had a notion of a Business Entity (different from a Business Information Entity). This was an important aspect of keeping state. It is a real world business object represented electronically with a unique ID and some state information. The minimal set of information was never specified. I have encountered this in auto and justice/security industries ut suspect it is more ubiquitous than not. I liken the concept to a primary key of an item when viewing a relational database of products. In the auto industry, there may be several processes and collaborations. Example -> Ford sells car to Canadian Distributor (process A), Canadian Distributor sells car to retailer (process B); then retailer sells car to David Webber (process C). The Business Entity is the actual electronic representation of the car. John Yunker carefully explained this to us in San Fran in Sept 2001 and I could see the usefulness. In this example, Ford has a relationship and economic commitment to the end customer for perhaps 5 years (warranty period) even after processes A, B and C and finished. The car also has an owner, a location, a UUID (VIN perhaps) and a service record history (state may be that the customer is delinquent in fulfilling his or her side of the required servicing for ensuring the warranty remains valid. Example 2: In justice, a piece of property is akin to a Business Entity. A property has a description, an owner, a manufacturer, a physical state (new, broken etc.), color, identifying marks, fingerprintsFoundOn, a relationship to a crime etc etc... In both these examples, the state of any specific process may not be able to be complete unless the state of the Business Entity is known or visible. Questions: Is there a Business Entity equivalent in ebXML? Should there be? Does it's type get inherited from the superclass Business Object Type Library or Entities (BOTLE) or have we been all hitting the BOTTLE too much? More importance of getting the business centric view of the model right first I guess. Duane -- Senior Standards Strategist Adobe Systems, Inc. http://www.adobe.com
[Date Prev] | [Thread Prev] | [Thread Next] | [Date Next] -- [Date Index] | [Thread Index] | [List Home]