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References

1

See www.wikipedia.org/wiki/State diagram.

2

This definition is taken from WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003).

3

This is sometimes characterized in finite state machines as acceptors and

recognizers having a binary output. See UML In a Nutshell by Sinan Si

Alhir (O’Reilly, September 1998).

4

This insight was provided by our technical editor (Ed Landale).

5

We paraphrased this d efinition from Dictionary.com. See

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/order.

6

Paraphrased from www.dictionary.com.

7

For common changes needed in relation to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, see

http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/faqs/soxact2002.htm.

8

Please refer to Chapter 5 of The Data Model Resource Book, Revised

Edition, Volume 1, A Library of Universal Data Models for All Enterprises,

By L. Silverston, (Wiley, 2001) for more detailed shipment models.

9

Please see Chapter 6 of The Data Model Resource Book, Revised Edition,

Volume 1, A Library of Universal Data Models for All Enterprises,By

L. Silverston, (Wiley, 2001) for more detailed work effort models.

10

Please see Chapter 8 of t his book for more information about business

rules.

11

Please look at Chapters 9 and 10 of this book for more information about

how an enterprise can leverage the patterns to create a consistent data

strategy.

12

Please see Chapter 4 of this book for more information on hierarchies,

aggregations, ...