context and time in information models
Preface
Introduction
1 Contexts
1.1 contexts with object
1.2 on
instances and types
1.3 object
with contexts
1.4 on
reality and information objects
1.5 recursiveness
in context
1.6 boundary
1.7 relative
determination of context and object
1.8 characteristic
difference between approaches
1.9 multiple
contexts
1.10 unique nodes
1.11 object identity
1.12 identity as a
network of nodes
2 Intexts
2.1 objects in context
2.2 intext
in context
2.3 precision
versus ambiguity
2.4 primitive
information objects
2.5 pointer
information objects
2.6 intermediary
information objects
2.7 intermediary
character of context
2.8 range
for object identity
2.9 context-oriented
normalization
3 Types
3.1 node as type
3.2 context
as type
3.3 typical
generalization
3.4 relational
typing
3.5 node
selection
3.6 relationship
selection
3.7 tailor-made
typing
3.8 a
different inheritance
3.9 strong
polymorfism
3.10 behavioral forms and
encapsulation
4 Time
4.1 time-based relationships
4.2 starting
time of effect
4.3 from
existence to value
4.4 time-based
information objects
4.5 variations
in time
4.6 a
change of nil identity
4.7 audit
trail
4.8 metapattern
as infrastructure
4.9 past
and future
5 Compositions
5.1 homogeneous classification
hierarchy
5.2 cartesian
product
5.3 double
compositions
5.4 inheritance
through composition
5.5 conclusion
on design
6 Encounter
6.1 conceptual model and
implementation considerations
6.2 navigational
guidelines
6.3 type-on-context
6.4 the
relative nature of unification
7 Discussion
7.1 context-oriented, multi-layered
typing
7.2 from
power type to type-on-context
7.3 structural
operations
7.4 contextual
principle
8 Dynamics
8.1 contextual state at specific
time
8.2 dynamic,
multiple typing
8.3 'add'
as a single basic operation
8.4 characteristic
modeling paradigm
8.5 intext
with static and dynamic properties
9 Emphasis
9.1 degree of freedom and purity
9.2 structural
set for specification of aggregates
9.3 rule,
no exception
9.4 limitation
of patterns by metapattern
9.5 context:
background at foreground
9.6 conclusion
on alternative solutions
9.7 afterword
on context
10 Principle
10.1 monumental
10.2 company and factory
context
10.3 primary requirement
10.4 bill of materials,
source, and destination
10.5 transformations
10.6 types and instances
revisited
10.7 positional
instances
10.8 fundamental variety
11 Alternatives
11.1 serial size
11.2 timing and
scheduling
11.3 production series
11.4 the end of
reviewing
12 Positions
12.1 introduction
12.2 a play of positions
12.3 an extended space
for relationship management
12.4 connectivity
12.5 explicit
relationships
12.6 analysis and
synthesis
13 Publications
13.1 short comments
13.2 contractual
positions
13.3 radical simplicity
through inherent mechanisms
13.4 content and form
13.5 subject
classification
13.6 a single idea about
contents
13.7 from creation to
publication
13.8 dynamic publications
13.9 summary
14 Trails
14.1 from related pairs to context
14.2 operational
knowledge
14.3 almost positions
14.4 authorization
14.5 phenomena in
observation objects
14.6 thesaurus
14.7 indexing
14.8 standardized time
management and control
15 Nails
15.1 pattern transfer
15.2 basic operations of
the metapattern
15.3 general ledger for
accountability
15.4 conclusion on
analysis and design
16 Family
16.1 prototype for interpretation management
16.2 system of systems
16.3 dimensions and
phases
16.4 primary dimension
16.5 related accounts
16.6 intersystem
relationships
16.7 subject
classification of transactions
16.8 accounts
17 Variety
17.1 positional accounting systems
17.2 configuration
management
17.3 constituting elements
of account
17.4 positional exchange
rate types
17.5 defaults for
entries
17.6 conclusion on case
18 Strategy
18.1 first priority: differences
18.2 second priority:
similarites
18.3 boundary-crossing
information services
18.4 technological
developments
18.5 fifth hypothesis
Appendix A
Multicontextualism: on principles for knowledge of differences in unity
Appendix B
An alliance of metamodels: metapattern meets RM-ODP
bibliography
index
© 2001, web edition 2002.
Previously published in: Metapattern: context and time
in information models (Addison-Wesley, 2001).