Documentation: The base class of all the meta classes in the Essential Meta Model, all of which inherit the attributes (slots) defined here. NOTE: Relationship classes (or reified relations) have a separate base class.

Superclasses

• :THING

Subclasses

• Business_Layer
• Application_Layer
• Information_Layer
• Technology_Layer
• EA_Support
• About_Essential

Types

• :STANDARD-CLASS

Template Slots
	Slot Name	Documentation	Type	Cardinality	Min/Max	Default	Template Value
	description	A meaningful description of the element and its purpose in the model.	String	0:1
	element_classified_by	Slot to capture the classification(s) that apply to an element in the ontology. Add this slot to any class that is to be managed by a Taxonomy.	Taxonomy_Term	0:*
	external_reference_links	Slot to manage the set of external reference links to an EA_Class instance. Normally, create a new instance.	External_Reference_Link	0:*
	external_repository_instance_reference	Holds a set of references to this instance that are used in external repositories	External_Instance_Reference	0:*
	name	A descriptive name of the element in the model. (NOTE: A unique, internal reference is managed separately by the system.)	String	1:1
	stakeholders	Define the stakeholders for the element. Specific stakeholders are defined in terms of an ACTOR_TO_ROLE_RELATION. Alternatively, the type of relevant stakeholders can be defined in terms of a Business_Role.	ACTOR_TO_ROLE_RELATION, Business_Role	0:*
	supersedes_version	Slot to capture the instance of which this instance is a new version. i.e. Use this slot to define the instance that represents the previous version of the element being considered. Allowed classes must always be a single class of the same type as the domain. e.g. a Technology_Product can only supersede another Technology_Product.		0:1
	synonyms	Alternative names by which this element is known	Synonym	0:*

Own Slots
	Slot Name	Value
	:DIRECT-INSTANCES
	:DIRECT-SUBCLASSES	Business_Layer, Application_Layer, Information_Layer, Technology_Layer, EA_Support, About_Essential
	:DIRECT-SUPERCLASSES	:THING
	:DIRECT-TEMPLATE-SLOTS	synonyms, element_classified_by, external_repository_instance_reference, stakeholders, name, external_reference_links, supersedes_version, description
	:DIRECT-TYPE	:STANDARD-CLASS
	:DOCUMENTATION	The base class of all the meta classes in the Essential Meta Model, all of which inherit the attributes (slots) defined here. NOTE: Relationship classes (or reified relations) have a separate base class.
	:NAME	EA_Class
	:ROLE	Abstract
	:SLOT-CONSTRAINTS

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