Glossary
- Activity diagram
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A diagram showing the flow of activities. Used to give a high-level view of a business process.
- Actor
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An external person or system that interfaces with (that is, uses or is used by) the system. Depicts a user's logical role.
- Aggregation
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A relationship between model elements indicating that one element is a “part of” another element (aggregate).
- ANSI
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American National Standards Institute.
- Association
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A relationship between two model elements.
- Association class
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A class that embodies properties of an association (typically an association between two other classes).
- Attribute
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The properties of a class.
- Business actor
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An actor that is external to the business.
- Business entity
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Something used by a business worker while fulfilling ...
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