This class represents data that is stored in the system. It has a relationship with a StorageResource as all data must have someplace to reside. The access attribute is a catch all for how to access the data. It could be a connection string to a data like a database, a filesystem etc.. Specializations of the Data reference class know what to do with the access attribute.
Attributes
name:string - Name of the Data
access:string - * access: string - A string that represents how to access the data. This could be a database connection string, file system path, etc
Associations
Name
Cardinality
Class
Composition
Owner
Description
source
1
DataSource
This is the DataSource that owns the data
adaptor
1
DataAdaptor
This is the DataAdaptor for the Data, it shows how to connect to the data
instances
n
DataInstance
This is the Instance of the Data stored in the meta-data manager
lineage
n
LineageMetaData
false
true
metadata
n
MetaData
false
true
connection
n
SourceMetaData
false
true
Users of the Model
Name
Cardinality
Class
Composition
Owner
Description
data
n
DataSource
true
true
data
n
DataInstance
false
false
data
1
DataReservation
false
false
data
1
LineageMetaData
This is a DataInstance Class that the meta-data is tied
data
1
MetaData
This is a DataInstance Class that the meta-data is tied
data
1
SourceMetaData
This is a DataInstance Class that the meta-data is tied