ASTM E2145-07
(Practice)Standard Practice for Information Modeling
Standard Practice for Information Modeling
SCOPE
1.1 Information models are increasingly important in the analysis, design, and sharing a common understanding in information engineering, in business process improvement, in building information systems, in developing informatics standards, and in many other uses.
1.2 The purpose of this practice is to identify best practices for the creation, use, and assessment of various types of information models.
1.3 Included in this practice are recommended organizational policies and procedures, where modeling is best used and recommended modeling methods, best practices and evaluation criteria.
1.4 Excluded from this practice are detailed specifications of modeling techniques that are specified or described in other sources.
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Designation: E2145 − 07 AnAmerican National Standard
Standard Practice for
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Information Modeling
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2145; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope* ISO/IEC 19501:2005 Information technology—Open Dis-
tributed Processing—Unified Modeling Language (UML)
1.1 Information models are increasingly important in the
Version 1.4.2
analysis, design, and sharing a common understanding in
ISO/IEC 2382 Information Processing Systems—
information engineering, in business process improvement, in
Vocabulary
building information systems, in developing informatics
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2.3 Other Documents and Standards:
standards, and in many other uses.
Unified Modeling Language Specification version 1.5,
1.2 The purpose of this practice is to identify best practices
March 2003
for the creation, use, and assessment of various types of
information models. 3. Terminology
1.3 Included in this practice are recommended organiza- 3.1 The following sections present terms, definitions, and
tional policies and procedures, where modeling is best used acronyms found in this practice and in various modeling
andrecommendedmodelingmethods,bestpracticesandevalu- activities.Thesetermsanddefinitionsarereferencedorderived
ation criteria. from ANSI X3.172 or ISO/IEC 2382 unless otherwise cited.
1.4 Excluded from this practice are detailed specifications 3.2 Definitions:
of modeling techniques that are specified or described in other 3.2.1 activity, n—a group of logically related tasks per-
sources. formed for a purpose.
3.2.2 alternate key attribute, n—inalogicaldatamodel,any
2. Referenced Documents
candidate key of an entity other than the primary key.
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2.1 ANSI Standards:
3.2.3 application model, n—a representation or description
ANSI X3.172-1990 Dictionary for Information Systems
of the application software, programs, or components needed
IEEE 1320.1-1998 Standard for Functional Modeling
to support a business function.
Language—Syntax and Semantics for IDEF0
3.2.4 attribute, n—a characteristic of an object or entity (see
IEEE 1320.2-1998 Standard for Functional Modeling
ISO/IEC 11179).
Language—Syntax and Semantics for IDEF1X (Object
3.2.5 attribute value, n—a representation of an instance of
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2.2 ISO Standards:
3.2.6 behavior, n—in the object-oriented methodology, be-
ISO 8601-88 Data Elements and Interchange Formats—
havior constitutes the observable effects of an operation or
Representation of Dates and Times
event, including any results generated or obtained; and repre-
ISO/IEC 1087 Terminology Work—Vocabulary-Part 1:
sented by operations, methods, and state machines (see UML
Theory and Application
1.5).
ISO/IEC11179 InformationTechnology—Specificationand
Standardization of Data Elements, Parts 1-6
3.2.7 business model, n—a representation of the strategy,
situation, environment, objectives, direction, and similar char-
acteristics of a business enterprise or business area.
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This practice is under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee E31 on Healthcare
3.2.8 business process model, n—a representation of busi-
Informatics and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E31.25 on Healthcare
Data Management, Security, Confidentiality, and Privacy.
ness processes, often where these processes are successively
CurrenteditionapprovedJune1,2007.PublishedJuly2007.Originallyapproved
decomposed to describe component activities, to identify the
in 2001. Last previous edition approved in 2001 as E2145 – 01. DOI: 10.1520/
events to which the business shall respond, and to identify the
E2145-07.
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An information model in the context of this standard is any representation of results produced.
process, data, etc., used in any aspect of information technology or information
management.
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3.2.9 column, n—a physical data model and relational data- 3.2.24 function, n—an activity, process or transformation
base structure that is analogous to the attribute of a logical data identified by a verb that describes that which would be
model. accomplished.
3.2.10 concept, n—a unit of thought con
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