Entity data_collection

• Defines a set of E and P Data instances. A data collection may be a result of an activity, which may give it identity. Data collections can act as process data, meaning that the data specified as being a member of the data collection are processed. Their role in the process may be defined via process data item.

Attribute                                 Flags   Data Type

From e_and_p_data:
   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. 


From process_data:
   activity                               I       activity

                                          Defines the activity which created this instance.

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

                                          Defines where this data was used by an activity.


name                                      U       ndt_name

                                          The name of the Data Collection. 

ref_data_collection_type                  U       ref_data_collection_type

                                          The kind or type of Data Collection. 

process_parameter                                 process_parameter

                                          Defines the role of the data in the activity which
                                          created it. 

populated_by                                      activity

                                          Defines the activity which assembled existing
                                          instances to form this data collection. 

updated_by                                        activity

                                          The activity which updated the instances pointed
                                          to by this data collection. 

business_associate                                business_associate

                                          Defines the business associate that was the source
                                          of the data in this collection. 

reference_data                                    set[0 .. N] of (ref_data)

                                          Defines the ref data instances which are part
                                          of the collection. 

collection_content                                set[0 .. N] of (e_and_p_data)

                                          Defines the E and P data instances which are part
                                          of the collection. 

document_specification                            document_specification

                                          Defines the source document for the instances
                                          in the collection. 

specify_contents_of                       V       set[0 .. N] of (document_specification)

                                          Defines the document specifications whose contents
                                          are referenced by the instances in this collection.

End of entity data_collection

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