Glossary
In this glossary, you will find a set of terms we have defined and reused extensively in our white papers. We have tried to use as few terms as possible. When several terms relate to the same concept, we define only one term and add the others as synonyms.
- Class
Describes the Structure Shared by a list of Instances. It contains Attributes, Functions (or Methods) and
User Interfaces. The definition of the Attributes and Methods serves as the Interface to the Class.
Example: for Class “Person”, Attributes are: "Name", "First Name", "Birth Date" and Methods are
"search Person by name", "compute age".
Values for Instance 1: "Smith", "John", "03 10 1976"
Values for Instance 2: "Murray", "Paul", "06 03 2002"
A Class "benefits" from the Attributes and Methods of the Classes from which it inherits.
Example: Life Insurance Policy inherits from Insurance Policy which is a basic Model for all Insurance
Policies (damage, life, health... )
The same Business Entity can be implemented in one or several Classes. Example:
The Business Entity "Address" could be described by one Class "Address".
The Business Entity "Bill" could be described by a Class "Bill Header" and a Class "Bill Line".
Most of the concepts developped on this website are further developped in our white papers. You can download any white paper freely. Please do not re-use without explicit permission.
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