Project: EAKAT

Class: Vendor

Parent Class(es): 

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

Instances:

  • None

Subclasses:

  • None

This is a company responsible for creating a product or providing a service.

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   
Responsible_for 

These are all the items for which this vendor is responsible.

 
Instance VTYPE Product  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   
Contact_Information 

This is the means by which someone would contact the vendor.

 
String VTYPE   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 
Partner
 
Modeling Value 

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

 
String 
Understanding all the areas in which a vendor is active in the enterprise can become a valuable negotiation leverage, or help identify areas of exposure.
 
Examples 

These are examples of instances of this class.

 
String 
Microsoft
Sun
Oracle