Data Entity asset type

Data Entity assets are the logical data layer and correlate to Data Domain assets of the conceptual data layer. Data Entity assets can be thought of as system-specific implementations of Data Domain assets.

For example, if you have a Data Concept asset for Address then this might correlate to a Data Entity asset for Customer Address, Supplier Address and Employee Address.

Key relation types

Data Entity assets are:

Related to...

Via the relation type...

Description
Data Model assets Data Entity is part of / contains Data Model

One-to-many relation, whereby:

  • A Data Entity asset can be part of or contained in only one Data Model asset.
  • A Data Model asset can contain multiple Data Entity assets.
Data Domain assets Data Domain (Business Dimension) classifies / is classified by Data Entity (Asset)

Many-to-many relation, whereby:

  • A Data Domain asset can classify many Data Entity assets.
  • A Data Entity asset can be classified by many Data Domain assets.
Data Attribute assets Data Entity contains / is part of Data Attribute

One-to-many relation, whereby:

  • A Data Entity asset can contain many Data Attribute assets.
  • A Data Attribute asset can be part of or contained in only one Data Entity asset.