Developing High Quality Data Models

14. Systems and System Components

Chapter Outline

14.1 What Are Systems and System Components? 175

14.2 The Nature of System Components 177

14.3 Another Example: A Football Match 180

14.4 Similarities, Differences, and Relationships to Other Things 182

14.4.1 Ordinary Functional Objects 182

14.4.2 Participants in Activities and Associations 182

14.4.3 Functional Objects 182

14.4.4 The Class of Activity Performed by a Functional Object 183

14.5 Do I Need a Separate Set of Classes for System Components? 183

14.6 Extending the Framework for system and system component 183

14.7 Concluding Remarks 186

This chapter looks at systems and a surprising kind of physical object that can survive all ...