Entity business_association

• Each instance of this entity represents an association between two business associates. Each instance of a business association has a role which is defined for one business associate with respect to another business associate. For example, ABC Company has the role of contractor with respect to XYZ Company. Note: each association is defined in one direction only, and the inverse should be defined as another association if required.

Attribute                                 Flags   Data Type

From transient_association:
   data_collection                        IV      set[0 .. N] of (data_collection)

                                          Indicates the data collections that include this
                                          instance of E and P data. 

   graphical_element                      IV      set[0 .. N] of (graphical_element)

                                          Specifies one or more graphical elements which
                                          are depicting this data item. 

   description                            I       ndt_comment

                                          A description of the transient association. 

   duration                               IN      ndt_time

                                          Defines the duration of the association expressed
                                          in any valid units of time. 

   end_time                               IN      ndt_date_tod

                                          End time of the association. 

   start_time                             IN      ndt_date_tod

                                          Start time of the association. 

   caused_by                              I       activity

                                          Specifies the activity which establishes this
                                          association. 

   terminated_by                          I       activity

                                          Specifies the activity which established the
                                          termination of a transient association between
                                          two objects. 


ref_business_association_role             MU      ref_business_association_role

                                          The role defined for a business associate with
                                          respect to another business associate. 

ref_business_association_structure        M       ref_business_association_structure

                                          This designates the business association structure
                                          that allows this business association, and implies
                                          that this association is authorized by the business
                                          association structure rules defined by the designated
                                          business association structure. 

associated_with                           MU      business_associate

                                          The business associate that is used as the one
                                          being associated with. To record that Blue Box
                                          Co. is a subsidiary of Big Sky Corp. (as an association
                                          defined for Blue Box Co.), this characteristic
                                          points to Big Sky Corp. 

business_associate                        MU      business_associate

                                          The business associate for which this association
                                          is defined. To record that Blue Box Co. is a subsidiary
                                          of Big Sky Corp. (as an association defined for
                                          Blue Box Co.), this characteristic points to Blue
                                          Box Co. 

business_associate_job_title              V       set[0 .. N] of (business_associate_job_title)

                                          The job title(s) apply to the personnel involved
                                          in the business association. 

End of entity business_association

M - mandatory, U - unique, I - inherited, V - inverse, N - named type