Project: EAKAT

Class: Condition

Parent Class(es): 

  1. Documented_Item
  2. Export_Items
  3. Identified_Item
  4. Workflow

Instances:

  • None

Subclasses:

  • None

A Condition is a set of circumstances which must be true in order for some specified thing to happen. If the condition is not true, the specified thing is simply skipped.

Attribute Definitions
Name Documentation Type Values Allowed Number Allowed Assumed Value
Description 

A Documented Item is an item that requires descriptive text above and beyond what the reader may gain from looking at the other attributes individually.

 
String VTYPE   0:1   
Condition_of 

These are all of the items for which this is a condition.

 
Instance VTYPE Transition  0:*   
Name 

This is an item that readers can identify for one another by referring to a single word, or phrase.

 
String VTYPE   1:1   
Attributes
Name Documentation Type Value
Item_Source 

This is the source for the information in this item.

 
Instance 
Workflow Modeling: Tools for Process Improvement and Application Development
 
Aliases 

These are all of the other names by which this item goes.

 
Instance 
Constraint
 
Modeling Value 

This is value of including this item in the Enterprise Architecture.

 
String 
Much of the business world operates under conditional circumstances.  Understanding these conditions helps companies prioritize where to spend energy (e.g., if the probability of the condition being true is low, then don't worry about it).  Identifying conditions also helps draw out patterns of conditions that can be used to simplify solutions,
 
Examples 

These are examples of instances of this class.

 
String