Definitions and lineage · The change process · Element
The decision
Who can change a definition.
The part
What it is
The owner, with a record. Where several teams use a term, changing it affects all of them and they should at least be told.
A change made by whoever is editing a report is not a definition change; it is a divergence.
The smallest level
The attributes it carries
Each attribute is one of the framework’s shared types. What a date is, and how it is written, is defined once for the whole model — the note here says what it means in this particular place.
The other elements in the change process
The notification
Who is told.
LearnThe history
What happens to data reported under the old definition.
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