IOF Core Glossary of Terms
A
Construct | Natural Language Definition/Elucidation |
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Action Specification | information content entity that prescribes what participants shall do in a process |
Agent | person, group of persons, or engineered system with an agent role |
Agent Role | role that someone or something has when they act on behalf of a person, engineered system or a group of agents |
Algorithm | plan specification that prescribes a computing process |
Assembly | material artifact that is composed of a number of material components that are physically connected together to realize a function and that can be disassembled later on |
Assembly Process | manufacturing process in which a number of material components are physically connected to each other to form an assembly |
B
Construct | Natural Language Definition/Elucidation |
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Business Identification | information content entity that identifies a business |
Business Organization | organized group of agents that have a business identification assigned with the purpose to get involved in business processes |
Business Process | planned process which is prescribed by a plan specification with one or more objectives specified by a business organization |
Buying Business Process | business process wherein financial instrument is used by an agent (buyer) to acquire ownership of product or commercial service from another agent (seller) for the buyer itself or another agent (customer) |
Buyer Role | role held by a person, business organization or an automated system when it buys a product or a service |
C
Construct | Natural Language Definition/Elucidation |
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Capability | disposition in whose realization some agent has an interest |
Commercial Service | business process that consists of a service provisioning process and a consumption process |
Commercial Service Agreement | agreement that is about the provision of a commercial service and associated conditions |
Commercial Service Specification | plan specification that prescribes a commercial service |
Computing Process | planned process in which an algorithm is realized by an agent or a machine |
Customer Role | role held by an agent when it utilizes the product or receives the service or subscribes to the commercial service agreement |
D
Construct | Natural Language Definition/Elucidation |
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Descriptive Information Content Entity | information content entity that characterizes an entity |
Design Specification | information content entity that prescribes something man-made |
Designative Information ContentEntity | information content entity that uniquely identifies an entity |
Directive Information Content Entity | information content entity that prescribes a set of rules or guidelines for a process or a model of something man-made |
E
Construct | Natural Language Definition/Elucidation |
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Engineered System | system which is designed to provide certain capabilities |
Event | occurrent that is recognized by an agent and typically recorded |
G
Construct | Natural Language Definition/Elucidation |
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Group Of Agents | object aggregate that has a number of agents as member parts |
I
Construct | Natural Language Definition/Elucidation |
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Information Content Entity | generically dependent continuant that is about an entity |
L
Construct | Natural Language Definition/Elucidation |
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Location Identification | information content entity that identifies a physical location |
M
Construct | Natural Language Definition/Elucidation |
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Machine | material artifact that contains a number of physically connected assemblies that work together to realize the artifact’s designed function |
Maintainable Material Item | material artifact or engineered system which has the maintainable material item role |
Maintainable MaterialItem Role | role played by an asset when there is a maintenance strategy prescribing its maintenance process |
Manufacturer Role | role held by a business organization when it produces material products |
Manufacturing Process | planned process that consists of a structured set of operations through which input material is transformed or modified into another material entity |
Material Artifact | object that is deliberately created to have a certain function |
Material Component | material entity which has the material component role |
Material ComponentRole | role held by a material entity when it is a proper part of another material entity or is planned to be a proper part of another material entity |
Material Location Change Process | planned process that results in a material entity moving from one physical location to another |
Material Product | material entity which has the material product role |
Material ProductRole | role held by a material entity when it is being offered for sale, or for supplying or is being bought |
Material Resource | material entity which has the material resource role |
Material Resource Role | role played by a material entity that consists in it being available to a person or group of agents or engineered system |
Measurement Process | planned process to determine the value of a quantity |
Measurement Information Content Entity | information content entity that is the result of a measurement process |