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1Business Models – REA Ontology
Resources Events Agents
The REA Ontology
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Example of Exchange 1
Subscription
Subscriber Publisher
Payment Delivery
Magazine
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Example of Exchange 2
Order
Customer Company
Payment Shipment
Product
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Example of Exchange 3
Order line
Customer Company
Payment Shipment
Product
Order
Resources
Events
Agents
REAREAREAREA
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REA - Intuition
Agent Agent
Resource Resource
Eventsexchangingresources
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Economic Resource
An economic resource is something of value that is under the control of an agent and that can be transferred from one agent to another
Examples: cash, goods,labour service
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Economic Event
An economic event is the transfer of control of an economic resource from one agent to another agent
Examples: cash-payment, shipment
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Economic Agent
An economic agent is someone who is able to participate in economic events
Examples: manufacturer, distributor, carrier, consumer
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Duality
Order line
Customer Company
Payment Shipment
Product
Order
Resources
Events
Agents
Duality
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Duality Duality is a relationship
between economic events expressing that in order to obtain an economic resource, an agent must give up another economic resource
“One good turn deserves another”
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Duality
PaymentPaymentCashCashCompanyCompanyresource
from
to
CustomerCustomer
ShipmentShipmentProductProductCustomerCustomerresource
from
to
CompanyCompany
dualityduality
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Basic REA Ontology
EconomicEvent
duality
EconomicResource
EconomicAgent
custody
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Basic REA Ontology
EconomicResource
EconomicEvent
EconomicAgent
duality
Customer
CompanyProduct
Cash
Shipment
Payment
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Commitments and Contracts
Order line
Customer Company
Payment Shipment
Product
Order
Resources
Events
Agents
Duality
Contract
Commitment
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Commitment
An obligation to perform an economic event in the future
Example: order lines
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Contract
A contract is a container for a collection of commitments
Example: purchase order with several line items
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REA Ontology
EconomicResource
EconomicEvent
EconomicAgent
duality
custody
EconomicContract
EconomicCommitment
fulfils
EconomicResource Type reserves
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Operational Level and Knowledge Level
KnowledgeLevel
OperationalLevel
Information structures that characterise and prescribe the structure and behaviour of objects at the operational level
Concrete objects that can be born, change and die
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Operational Level and Knowledge Level
KnowledgeLevel
OperationalLevel
Meal
Recipe
Car
Car model
Book copy
Book
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REA Ontology - Summary
ECONOMIC RESOURCE
ECONOMIC RESOURCE TYPE
1
0..*
1
0..*
of
ECONOMIC EVENT
1 0..*1 0..*
stock-flow ECONOMIC AGENT
10..*
10..*from
10..*
to
10..*
BUSINESS PROCESS
ECONOMIC COMMITMENT
1 0..*1 0..*
reserves
1
0..*
1
0..*
fulfils
ECONOMIC CONTRACT
0..* 0..*0..* 0..*
governs
1
1..*
within
1
1..*
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REA Ontology - Links
Home page of William McCarthy: http://www.msu.edu/~mccarth4/
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Credits
Disclaimer and Copyright Notice: Permission is granted without fee for personal or educational (non-profit) use. In other cases contact with INTEROP Project Coordinator [email protected] for use conditions. Some of the figures presented in this tutorial are freely inspired by others reported in referenced works/sources. For such figures copyright and all rights therein are maintained by the original authors or by other copyright holders. It is understood that all persons copying these figures will adhere to the terms and constraints invoked by each copyright holder.
Developed by KTH
for INTEROP Projectwww.interop-noe.org
Introduction to REA
Published: December, 4th 2006
Authors:Paul Johannesson [email protected]
Stockholm University and Royal Institute of TechnologySweden
