artifact
The specification of a physical piece of information that is used or produced by a software development process, such as an external document or a work product, or by the deployment and operation of a system. An artifact can be a model, description, or software.
Semantics
An artifact corresponds to a concrete real-world element. An instance of an artifact is deployed to a node instance. Artifacts often represent files or documents. They are inherently connected to the implementation of a system. An artifact may be associated with a component.
Profiles are expected to define various kinds of artifacts suitable for different implementation environments. Standard stereotypes of artifacts include source and executable.
Structure
Deployment. ...
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