Business Term¶
User-facing terminology used in conversations, documentation, UI, and policies
What is a Business Term?¶
A Business Term is a human-readable label for a Concept. It represents how business users speak about a specific meaning within a given context.
By linking multiple Business Terms (synonyms) to a single Concept, the Enterprise Knowledge Graph ensures that everyone is talking about the same underlying meaning even if they use different words.
Key Characteristics¶
- User-facing: Used in documentation, policies, and user interfaces.
- Context-specific: A term might mean different things in different contexts, but it always links to a specific Concept that defines its meaning in this context.
- Synonym support: Multiple business terms can manifest the same Concept.
Examples¶
- “Customer”
- “Counterparty”
- “Risk Position”
Business Terms as Concept Manifestations¶
From a technical perspective, a Business Term is a specific type of Term that provides the human-readable "face" of a Concept.
Lexical Variants¶
A single Business Term often has multiple forms for different communication contexts:
- Singular: “Patient”
- Plural: “Patients”
- Abbreviation: “Pat.”
- Short label: “P”
These are variations of the same Business Term object. If two different words are used (e.g., “Patient” and “Client”), they should be modeled as two separate Business Term objects linking to the same Concept.
Ontology (minimal facts we can state today)¶
Required facts about a Business Term¶
- Inherits from Term: All facts required for a Term (UUID, lexical forms, ownership) apply here.
- Term Kind: Must be identified as a "Business Term".
- Language: Should include a natural language tag (e.g.,
en,nl).
Relationship to Concept¶
- Owned by Concept: A Business Term is a part-of a Concept. If the Concept is deleted, the Business Term is deleted.