Project: EAKAT

Class: Configuration

Parent Class(es): 

  1. Categorized_Item
  2. Documented_Item
  3. Export_Items
  4. Identified_Item
  5. Implementation_Item
  6. Item_with_Cost
  7. Licensed_Item
  8. Operations
  9. Organizational_Resource
  10. Reviewable_Item
  11. Standardized_Item
  12. Target_of_Technical_Advance
  13. Versioned_Item

Instances:

  • None

Subclasses:

  • None

The Configuration is a combination of other configurations and configuration attributes, and people that a Product requires in order to provide one or more of its specified features.

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

These are all of the configurations that depend on this configuration.

 
Instance VTYPE Configuration  0:*   
Configuration_Attributes 

These are all of the attributes for this configuration.

 
Instance VTYPE Configuration_Attribute  0:*   
Organizations 

These are all of the organizations that oversee this resource.

 
Instance VTYPE Organization  0:*   
Under_License 

This is the licensing structure for the product within the given configuration.

 
Instance VTYPE License  0:*   
Configuration_for_Product 

This is the product for which this is a configuration.

 
Instance VTYPE Product  0:*   
Latest_Version 

This is the latest version of the technology available from the vendor.

 
String VTYPE   0:1   
Configuration_Realizes 

These are all of the Interfaces that this configuration implements.

 
Instance VTYPE Interface  0:*   
Costs 

This is the amount of revenue consumed by the item.

 
Instance VTYPE Cost  0:*   
Technical_Item_Timeline 

This is the calender for this item.

 
Instance VTYPE Technical_Timeline  0:1   
Name 

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

 
String VTYPE   1:1   
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   
Satisfies_Requirements 

These are features for this item that have not yet been, or have no need to be, validated by way of a measurement.

 
Instance VTYPE Requirement  0:*   
Version_Deployed 

This is the current version deployed for use within the enterprise.

 
String VTYPE   0:1   
Standards 

These are any industry standards to which this item complies.

 
Instance VTYPE Standard  0:*   
Item_of_Physical_Layer 

These are all of the Tiers for which this is an item.

 
Instance VTYPE Physical_Layer  0:*   
Used_for_Implementation 

These are all of the implementations for which this is used.

 
Instance VTYPE Implementation  0:*   
Required_Skills 

These are all of the skills required in order to effectively use the item.

 
Instance VTYPE Skill_Set  0:*   
Item_Categories 

These are all of the categories for this item.

 
Instance VTYPE Category  0:*   
Item_Review_Status 

This is the review status of the item.

 
Instance VTYPE Review_Status  0:1   
Attributes
Name Documentation Type Value
Item_Source 

This is the source for the information in this item.

 
Instance 
 
Aliases 

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

 
Instance 
 
Modeling Value 

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

 
String 
Understanding the configuration of a product is, of course, critical to understanding the impact of change to underline infrastructure.  however, the configuration also provides tremendous value to outsourcing companies in that they are able to more quickly understand what they must support in order to be successful outsourcing partners.
 
Examples 

These are examples of instances of this class.

 
String 
Cerner Advanced Processing Configuration
Microsoft Exchange Server Configuration