Attributes in a generic business object

When defining attributes for a generic business object, study the attributes of the application-specific business objects to which the generic business object will map. Consider these guidelines:

In general, a generic business object definition should include attributes that capture all the data elements that are to be transformed among all the application-specific business objects to which the generic business object will map.

Names of the attributes should be as intuitive as possible. For example, if several applications refer to an entity as a Customer and one application refers to the same entity as a Business Organization, use the more common terminology to name the generic attributes.

Note:
The name of an attribute can contain only alphanumeric characters and underscore (_).

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