Architecture Mangagement Terms

Resource - An artifact used in the ALM space. A resource is directly addressable with an absolute URI.

Architecture Management Resource (AMR) - Directly addressable resources of some domain/notation (i.e. UML, BMPN, ER) that represent an abstraction of some behavior or construct of a system under development. An AMR maintains its identity after refactoring.

Link - A logical relationship from one resource to another resource. A link this the OSLC AM context is uni-directional. The subject (source) of a link represents the resource that 'knows about' and is referencing another resource (subject). The type of relationship is given by a predicate URI (link type).

Link Resource (LR) - A resource (which is directly addressable itself) that contains the information about a link. The information includes the specification of the subject (source), object (target) and predicate (link type). It MAY also include additional information such as a human readable label, short description and modifier ids and times.

Link Type (LT) - A URI that represents the predicate in an RDF triple which clarifies the type of link between the subject and object resources. Link Type URIs may be defined locally, within the OSLC, or externaly (i.e. Dublin Core terms).

Link Type Resource (LTR) - A resource on the server that provides a description (in the context of the OSLC AM Service) of the Link Type that can be used to populate user interfaces, orbe used by clients to determine which Link Types are supported or can be reliably included in queries.

Resource Collection - An ordered or unordered set of resources, typically generated as the result of performing a query or search.

Service Provider - An implementation of the OSLC Architecture Management specifications as a server. OSLC AM clients consume these service.