Structural Artifact

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A structural artifact identifies a governed construct that defines the organization and constraints of structured information.

Structural artifacts support consistent processing by defining how information is organized, constrained, validated, exchanged, and interpreted within the reference_architecture.

A structural artifact differs from a semantic_artefact. A structural artifact defines organization and constraints. A semantic artifact defines the meaning associated with structural elements or data values.

governed construct defining the organization and constraints of structured information

Structured Information Processing reference_architecture

A structural artifact provides a controlled basis for validation, exchange, traceability, and evaluation of conformance.

A schema, message structure, information model, interface structure, or constraint set is a structural artifact when the reference_architecture governs its definition, versioning, authority, and use during structured information processing.