Information Framework Primer

Introduction to the concepts, goals and structure of the framework

Information Framework Concepts and Principles

Main document providing the overview of the Framework, Information Framework and Business Process mappings, as well as snapshots of key framework model components

Using the Information Framework (UML models)

How to get started using the Framework Rational Rose model as well as how to extend the Framework model

Information Framework XML Schema Overview

Provides an overview of the SID XML schema, including design considerations, an introduction to the schema, and an example of their use within an application integration framework

SID Agreement

Provides the informational characteristics that are unique to an Agreement

SID Business Interaction

This document provides an initial model that supports various types of capacity, such as Product, Service, and Resource capacity, based on a generalized capacity model

Common Business Entity Definitions – Capacity

This document provides an initial model that supports various types of capacity, such as Product, Service, and Resource capacity, based on a generalized capacity model

Common Business Entity Definitions – Catalog

This addendum describes the SID Catalog ABEs and also includes the current SID Product Catalog ABE.

SID Business Entity Base Types

Covers base types that have been found to be useful during the documentation of the SID business models

Configuration and Profiling

Further develop the Information Framework by introducing new ABEs and developing existing ABEs that had not yet been developed.

SID Project

Provides a generic model, based on current industry best practice that can be used to link parts of the SID model together

SID Location

Provides a high level framework for the location (which is a complex model with a number of subtleties), explains broad concepts and gives illustrative examples.

SID Metric

Defines a single view of metric information across the framework

SID Party

Defines the information about companies and people.

SID Policy

Covers the business definition of the Policy model

SID Root Business Entities

Defines a set of common business entities that collectively serve as the foundation of the SID business view.

SID Calendar Related Entities

Covers the non base type entities that are time related

Performance Business Entities

Describes the SID Service and Resource Performance Aggregate Business Entities (ABEs)

Usage Business Entities

Uses the Usage abstract business entity to describe any resource-, service- or product-based usage that the external system can read, update and process.

Users and Roles

Provides the definitions of the User Roles business entities

SID Customer

Provides the definitions of the customer business entities

SID Product

Provides detailed specification of products (ProductSpecifications), the way they are offered into the market (ProductOfferings) and in which they are maintained and perform while in use (Products)

Product/Loyalty Business Entity Definitions

Support of Loyalty in the Information Framework model

SID Service Overview

Provides the definition of services, differentiate between “customer facing” and “resource services

SID Quality of Service

Covers the business definition of QoS entities

SID Logical and Compound Resource

Presents the LogicalResource Framework with an extensible set of classes and relationships that enable new lower-level LogicalResource concepts to be plugged into it

Logical and Compound Resource – Computing and Software

Describes Computing and Software Resources. Included is support for digital services, such as Workplace as a Service (WPaaS).

SID Physical Resource

Presents the management of network entities to better illustrate a complete worked example and to explain some of the more subtle parts of the model

Market / Sales

Describes the Aggregate Business Entities (ABEs) that comprise the Market/Sales domain of the SID model

SID: Enterprise Domain Revenue Assurance Business Entities

Describes the Revenue Assurance area of the SID with controls, violations, key performance indicators, objectives, and rules. And includes revenue assurance actions/responses

SID Security

Security business entities reflecting use cases for network defense

SID Workforce

Support for workforce models

SID Supplier Partner

Defines business entities utilized in Supplier and Partner relationships

Engaged Party Business Entity Definitions

Expanded support for multi-role business models. Introduction of this preliminary ABE is as a future replacement for the current Supplier/Partner domain.

Test Business Entities

A new set of Test ABEs in the Common, Product, Service, and Resource domains

Information Framework Models

Information Framework (SID) Release 14.5 HTML Model zip file (RSA) – GIF

Web browsable version of the UML 2.x Model with figures in GIF format

Information Framework (SID) Release 14.5 HTML Model zip file (RSA) – PNG

Web browsable version of the UML 2.x Model with figures in PNG format.

Information Framework (SID) Release 14.5.0 XMI 2.2 format zip file (RSA)

XMI interchange format with main SID model contained within a single XMI file for importing the SID into other UML tools that support the interchange format.

Information Framework (SID) Release 14.5.0 in Microsoft Excel

Excel model in Information Framework

Information Framework (SID) Release 14.5.0 UML 2.2 Format (RSA)

SID UML 2.2 format for tools that can directly read UML 2.2 files rather than or in addition to XMI.

Information Framework (SID) Release 14.5.0 RSA zip file

Network Resource Architecture Models

Network Resource Architecture Release 14 HTML Model Zip file – JPG

Web browsable version of the UML 2.x Model in JPEG format

Network Resource Architecture Release 14 HTML Model Zip file – PNG

Web browsable version of the UML 2.x Model in PNG format

Network Resource Architecture Release 14 XMI Model Zip file

XMI interchange format with main SID model contained within a single XMI file for importing the SID into other UML tools that support the interchange format.

Network Resource Architecture Release 14 UML Model Zip file

UML Model in Project Archive format.

Network Resource Architecture Release 14 UML 2.0 Model Zip file

SID UML 2.0 format for tools that can directly read UML 2.0 files rather than or in addition to XMI.

Umbrella Information Models

Umbrella Information Model Release 13.5 HTML Model Zip file – JPG

Web browsable version of the UML 2.x Model in JPEG format

Umbrella Information Model Release 13.5 HTML Model Zip file – PNG

Web browsable version of the UML 2.x Model in PNG format

Umbrella Information Model Release 13.5 XMI Model Zip file

XMI interchange format with main SID model contained within a single XMI file for importing the SID into other UML tools that support the interchange format.

Umbrella Information Model Release 13.5 UML Model Zip file

Umbrella Information Model Release 13.5 UML 2.0 Model Zip file

SID UML 2.0 format for tools that can directly read UML 2.0 files rather than or in addition to XMI.

Information Framework (SID) Suite Release Notes

Updates and additional components from last release of the Framework Suite of documents ; and list all the documents composing the Framework Suite

Information Framework Model Differences

This excel document provides a report on model differences between release 14. and 14.5, sorted by domain and ABE.