ASTM E2145

1.1 Information models are increasingly important in the analysis, design, and sharing a common understanding in information engineering, in business process improvement, in building information systems, in developing informatics standards, and in many other uses.

1.2 The purpose of this practice is to identify best practices for the creation, use, and assessment of various types of information models.

1.3 Included in this practice are recommended organizational policies and procedures, where modeling is best used and recommended modeling methods, best practices and evaluation criteria.

1.4 Excluded from this practice are detailed specifications of modeling techniques that are specified or described in other sources.

2. Referenced Documents

ANSI X3.172-1990 Dictionary for Information Systems
IEEE 1320.1-1998 Standard for Functional Modeling Language-Syntax and Semantics for IDEF0
IEEE 1320.2-1998 Standard for Functional Modeling Language-Syntax and Semantics for IDEF1X (Object 97)
ISO 8601-88 Data Elements and Interchange Formats-Representation of Dates and Times
ISO/IEC 1087 Terminology Work-Vocabulary-Part 1: Theory and Application
ISO/IEC 11179 Information Technology-Specification and Standardization of Data Elements, Parts 1-6
ISO/IEC 19501:2005 Information technology-Open Distributed Processing-Unified Modeling Language (UML) Version 1.4.2
ISO/IEC 2382 Information Processing Systems-Vocabulary
Unified Modeling Language Specification version 1.5, March 2003

Index Terms

ICS Number Code 35.240.80

Citing ASTM Standards

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