Enterprise Ontology (eBook)

Jan L.G. Dietz is professor in Information Systems Design at Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) since 1994, after having been professor in MIS at the University of Maastricht for 6 years. He holds a MSc in Electrical Engineering and a PhD in Computer Science, and has practitioned business automation for 10 years. He has published over 200 scientific and professional articles as well as several books. His current research interests are in Enterprise Engineering, Enterprise Architectures and Enterprise & Information Systems Ontology.

Prologue 6
Contents 9
Part A: Introduction 12
1 Outline of the Book 13
2 What is Enterprise Ontology? 17
3 An Explanatory Case 24
3.1 The Analysis of the Case Volley 25
3.2 The Ontological Model of the Case Volley 33
Part B: Foundations 42
4 Factual Knowledge 43
4.1 The Ontological Parallelogram 43
4.2 The Ontology of a World 49
5 A World Ontology Specification Language 52
5.1 The Declaration of Statum Types 53
5.2 The Specification of Existence Laws 56
5.3 The Derivation of Statum Types 58
5.4 Factum Types and Occurrence Laws 62
6 The Notion of System 64
6.1 The Distinct System Notions 64
6.2 Formal Definition of Ontological System 67
7 The Notion of Model 70
7.1 Definition of Model 70
7.2 The White-Box Model 72
7.3 The Black-Box Model 74
8 Ontology and Enterprise Engineering 78
8.1 Design and Engineering 78
8.2 The System Development Process 82
Part C: The theory 85
9 The Operation Axiom 86
9.1 Coordination Acts 88
9.2 Production Acts 90
9.3 Actors 92
10 The Transaction Axiom 94
10.1 The Basic Transaction Pattern 95
10.2 The Standard Transaction Pattern 98
10.3 The Cancellation Patterns 100
11 The Composition Axiom 104
12 The Distinction Axiom 109
12.1 Communication 110
12.2 Coordination 113
12.3 Production 117
13 The Organization Theorem 119
13.1 The Realization of an Organization 121
13.2 The Implementation of an Organization 124
14 The CRISP Model 130
14.1 Transaction Time Aspects 130
14.2 Formal Definition of the CRISP Model 133
14.3 The Crispienet 136
Part D: The Methodology 139
15 The Modeling Method 140
15.1 The Distinct Aspect Models 140
15.2 The Perfoma-Informa-Forma Analysis 145
15.3 The Coordination-Actors-Production Analysis 150
15.4 The Transaction Pattern Synthesis 155
15.5 The Result Structure Analysis 158
15.6 The Construction Synthesis 159
15.7 The Organization Synthesis 159
16 The Interaction Model 160
16.1 The IAM of the Library 161
16.2 The IAM of the Pizzeria 167
16.3 Practical Relevance of the Interaction Model 171
17 The Process Model 173
17.1 The PM of the Library 174
17.2 The PM of the Pizzeria 180
17.3 Practical Relevance of the Process Model 183
18 The Action Model 185
18.1 The AM of the Library 186
18.2 The AM of the Pizzeria 191
18.3 Practical Relevance of the Action Model 195
19 The State Model 197
19.1 The SM of the Library 200
19.2 The SM of the Pizzeria 203
19.3 Practical Relevance of the State Model 204
20 The Interstriction Model 205
20.1 The ISM of the Library 206
20.2 The ISM of the Pizzeria 209
20.3 Practical Relevance of the Interstriction Model 213
Epilogue 215
Appendix: Example Cases 217
Bibliography 224
Glossary 228
Index 239