5.5 Classification Path

Discussion:

A Classification Path identifies the location of an archetype within the Archetype Classification Model. It records the relationship from Ecosphere to Ecosystem to Domain.

A Classification Path helps authors and reviewers understand the business and semantic scope inherited by later parts. It also helps prevent an implementation profile or deployment profile from appearing broader than the domain it actually addresses.

For the initial Financial Systems Archetype work, Figure 5.5-1 shows the classification path.

Finance Ecosphere
└── Monetary Ecosystem
    └── Foreign Exchange Domain

Figure 5.5-1: Classification path for the Foreign Exchange domain within the Finance ecosphere

This path indicates that the Foreign Exchange Domain belongs to the Monetary Ecosystem, which belongs to the Finance Ecosphere.

Definition:

ordered classification from Ecosphere to Ecosystem to Domain

Source:

Adapted from FX Demo Reference Architecture, Section 2.1.17, Archetype Classification Codes; generalised from coded classification hierarchy to conceptual classification path.

Note:

A Classification Path may support documentation, metadata, configuration, evidence, traceability, and governance. It does not replace runtime identifiers.

Example:

Finance Ecosphere → Monetary Ecosystem → Foreign Exchange Domain is the Classification Path used by the FX Demo Logical Profile.