Title: RE: [wsbpel-uc] Definition of "Entity"
Rand,
Just
my 2 cents... but the reason I put in the "role" was because most of the times
when we describe use-cases, we use roles more than formal organizational names
for example a business scenario might begin with "let's suppose a buyer
places an order ..... with a supplier...... and goes thru an agent..... who
contacts the shipper"
granted, each of these entities may in turn have a
Global Location Number (GLN) or a DUNS.... but I hope you understand what I was
driving at.
thx
-r
-----Original Message-----
From: Rand Anderson
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Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003
3:51 PM
To: Manglani, Rajesh; 'Monica Martin'; Sally St.
Amand
Cc: ''
Subject: RE:
[wsbpel-uc] Definition of "Entity"
I think we are
close.
My proposed changes
-- I think we should re-introduce the 'functional' qualifier, and drop the
'and roles...' clause, so it would read something like this:
"An entity is any
functional organization, including for example businesses, government
agencies, and division or departments within such
organizations."
The 'roles' clause
doesn't add anything to what qualifies as an entity, and it may confuse things
later as we flesh out the vocabulary - e.g., I anticipate that we will want to
talk about entities taking on various roles, etc.
HTH,
Rand
-----Original
Message-----
From: Manglani,
Rajesh [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 3:30
PM
To: 'Monica Martin'; Sally
St. Amand
Cc:
''
Subject: RE: [wsbpel-uc] Definition of
"Entity"
Sally,
your definition sounds good to me
/An entity is any component of an organization to
include businesses,government agencies, divisions or departments within
organizations,and roles within organizations such as
seller./
Also, the difference with UN/CEFACT definition of a
business entity can be enumerated as a footnote.
thanks
-rajesh
-----Original Message-----
From: Monica Martin [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, October 02,
2003 3:31 PM
To:
Sally St. Amand
Cc: Manglani, Rajesh;
''
Subject: Re: [wsbpel-uc] Definition of
"Entity"
Sally St. Amand wrote:
> Rajesh-
>
> /An entity is any component of an organization to
include businesses,
> government agencies, divisions or departments
within organizations,
> and roles within organizations such as
seller./
>
> In my mind the primary goal is to communicate in
order to have a
> shared understanding. We don't, on this kind of
issue, need to have
> the precision that is important in for example
the specification.
>
> Sally
>
mm1: This is the level of granularity that seems
appropriate, and is in
line with my suggestions. What does everyone else
think?
