Notions

An alphabetical list of notions that have come up in our discussions so far. They are divided into two categories: those that appear in documented patterns and those that do not (but are included for future consideration).

Notions Appearing in Patterns as Classes

• Component
• InputOutput
• Interface
• Interaction
• Junction

Notions Appearing in Patterns as Properties

• contains
• joins
• presents
• transfers
• traverses

Notions for Future Consideration

• Capability
• Requirement
• System
• Function (This notion may need to be sub-classed/typed to account for behavior and action: Function_Action & Function_Behavior)
• Agent
• Rationale (As explanation, usually in natural language, of intent or assumptions)
• Risk
• Source
• Parameter (A numerical or other measurable factor forming one of a set that defines a system or sets the conditions of its operation)
• Variable
• Quality
• Measurement (There is ambiguity in this term. It could refer to the a) the description of a process, b) the act of application of a [measurement] process (that has a result), or c) the result(s) of the act of applying a [measurement] process. )
• Process Again there is some ambiguity in the use of this term. It could be 'a series of actions or steps taken in order to achieve a particular end' or just a series of actions where the particular end may not be known or knowable (without additional assumptions).
• Test
• Plan
• Results (of test)
• Behavior
• Use Case
• State
• Mode
• Environment
• Context
• Scenario
• Verification
• Validation
• Decision
• Characterization
• Explanation
• Authority
• Constraint
• Concern
• Stakeholder
• Objective
• Project
• Method
• Design
• Support
• Sustainment
• Organization
• Event
• Schedule
• Precision
• Accuracy
• Provenance
• Time
• Repair
• Service
• Standards
• Fault
• Product
• Product Line
• Project
• Element
• Relations
• role
• depends on
• mediator
• inherence
• has______
• realizes
• performs
• invokes
• constrains