§      C_

A WissDB Component

§      S_

A service offered by a WissDB Component in form of at least an API

§      m_

Is so far a manual process only

§      P_

Business Process 

§      A_

Actor (a user role or a system role)

§      D_

The logical name of a Document

§      V_

A logical data view on top of the physical data stored in the BOS database. Such a view must be definable via SQL (so that standard reporting tools can be applied).

§      B_

Business Object type (a B_x is a V_x such that all instances of type B_x are owned by a unique WissDB Component. Ownership is also the right to define this view, and so this component is called the Definition Owner).