MVF entry unit of knowledge created by a unique combination of characteristics An MVF entry is linked to one or more model elements that represent that concept in the modeling environment. Concepts [MVF entries] are not necessarily bound to particular natural languages. They are, however, influenced by the social or cultural background which often leads to different categorizations. From an ISO 1087 perspective, this is the concept 'concept' as used and designated by the term 'concept' in terminology work. It is a very different concept from that designated by other domains such as industrial automation or marketing. Note that instances of a class will all reference the same class name and will all have attributes and associations with the same names. It is possible that not every concept is mapped to an entry in every vocabulary, or that not all of the terms and definitions are associated with model elements in the active modeling environment. has vocabulary entry has a designation (term) in this vocabulary has semantic reference has a relevant reference that provides meaning but is not explicitly part of the vocabulary (i.e., document, web site, or other resource) This property is string valued as the reference need not be dereferenceable at a URL. MVF dictionary collection (by reference, or possibly inclusion) of vocabularies that share a set of MVFEntries Each vocabulary is a container for vocabulary entries that each represent the association of a term in that vocabulary with one of the MVFEntries identified in that dictionary. A modeling environment may include multiple dictionaries, but they must address mutually exclusive concepts. Typically, one dictionary will address concepts of the modeling language metamodel, and another dictionary will address concepts of user-defined modeling elements. vocabulary entry element of a vocabulary that associates exactly one term (designation), including its definition, with a concept in the context of that vocabulary The definition and term(s) are expressed in the natural language associated with that vocabulary and the associated user community. MVF entry unit of knowledge created by a unique combination of characteristics An MVF entry is linked to one or more model elements that represent that concept in the modeling environment. Concepts [MVF entries] are not necessarily bound to particular natural languages. They are, however, influenced by the social or cultural background which often leads to different categorizations. From an ISO 1087 perspective, this is the concept 'concept' as used and designated by the term 'concept' in terminology work. It is a very different concept from that designated by other domains such as industrial automation or marketing. Note that instances of a class will all reference the same class name and will all have attributes and associations with the same names. It is possible that not every concept is mapped to an entry in every vocabulary, or that not all of the terms and definitions are associated with model elements in the active modeling environment. is preferred is the best term to use in the context of the vocabulary for some concept The preferred flag is used to select a term (vocabulary entry) if there are multiple vocabulary entries (i.e., synonyms) available to map to a given model element in the current context. is abbreviation whether the term for this vocabulary entry is an shortened form of another has status associates a rating with respect to readiness or acceptability for usage with a vocabulary or MVF entry has abbreviation has a shortened designation used synonymously in the context of the given vocabulary or dictionary vocabulary set of representations of concepts (terms and definitions) for the language of a particular speech community that is expressed in a specified natural language A speech community may create a vocabulary by specializing an existing vocabulary and overriding selected terms, adding terms for new concepts and incorporating the remaining terms and definitions of the existing vocabulary. This mechanism may be employed to introduce synonyms as the primary terms of the specializing community. Both vocabularies should be in the same natural language so that definitions remain meaningful. languageCode Id as per ISO 639-1. imports contains as an intrinsic part community group of individuals that share a natural language and have a shared set of terms used to express concepts in their domain of interest We refer to a set of terms that is distinguished from general use of the natural language as a vernacular. The community may include people that share a profession, are members of the same enterprise or organization or are collaborating on a particular technology. workspace a set of consistent MVF dictionaries and vocabularies which can be activated in a modeling environment has current MVF entry indicates the applicable MVF entry from the active MVF workspace This property will be implicitly updated when the current workspace changes. MVF entry unit of knowledge created by a unique combination of characteristics An MVF entry is linked to one or more model elements that represent that concept in the modeling environment. Concepts [MVF entries] are not necessarily bound to particular natural languages. They are, however, influenced by the social or cultural background which often leads to different categorizations. From an ISO 1087 perspective, this is the concept 'concept' as used and designated by the term 'concept' in terminology work. It is a very different concept from that designated by other domains such as industrial automation or marketing. Note that instances of a class will all reference the same class name and will all have attributes and associations with the same names. It is possible that not every concept is mapped to an entry in every vocabulary, or that not all of the terms and definitions are associated with model elements in the active modeling environment. has status associates a rating with respect to readiness or acceptability for usage with a vocabulary or MVF entry abbreviation vocabulary entry formed by omitting parts from its full form and that represents the same concept Abbreviations can be created by removing individual words, or can be acronyms, initialisms, or clipped terms. An abbreviation could link directly to an MVF entry. If it is an abbreviation for a vocabulary entry then it must be linked to the MVF entry for that same vocabulary entry.