[wsbpel-uc] Definition of "Entity"

Team,

 

Here's what I think 
could be a good way to define our concept of an entity

 

 

"An 
entity is any legal or functional component of a business or an organization. 
Examples of legal 
entities may include  the entire organization, divisions within an 
organization, roles such as buyer, seller etc... while 
functional entities could be 
specific departments within a legal entity like accounting department or human 
resources. This is 
different from the UN/CEFACT definition of a business entity which 
is defined in the UMM specification as "the subject of Business Collaboration Activities that have independent 
identity" or  a 
concept representing the data that is shared in the collaborative domain between 
two trading partners.Examples of UN/CEFACT business entities could be purchase 
orders, trade-items etc." 

 

 

Hope this is self-explanatory, 
please let me know if you want any part of this text 
changed.

 

 

thank 
you

Rajesh Manglani

XML Systems Analyst

Uniform Code Council



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