Classifying Assets
Asset classification is a critical element to the discovery and ultimate use of an asset. An asset may be classified
multiple times. When classifying an asset, consider the various roles and users that will interact with the asset and
evaluate their context and how they will be approaching the asset. As described in the Reusable Asset Specification, the asset's metadata structure should support multiple
classification.
An asset may be classified according to a reference architecture, or according to the phase within a process where an
asset should be used. The classification is used to capture the Asset Context in the asset metadata.
Creating classification schemas to represent the respective views of the asset stakeholders is a critical activity.
However, this can also be a source of endless debates over taxonomies. To put this in the proper perspective:
While it is extremely important to properly establish the classification schemas, it is even more important to properly
identify the right kind of asset to be built. This concept has been introduced in the Reuse Success Factors.
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