Element Type

A class of elements is called the Element Type.

The element types are derived through analysis of the application systems to be connected. The classification of elements can be rough or fine. The advantage of a fine categorization is that properties and actions can be explicitly assigned to every element type in further modeling processes.

Examples:

• Element types for an SCM system
  • Editable element (rough categorization)
  • Non-editable element (rough categorization)
  • Program source (fine categorization)
  • COBOL program (very fine categorization)