Terminology
The following terms are used in this guide:
- ASI (Application-Specific Information) Metadata
tailored to a particular application or technology. ASI exists at
both the attribute and business object level of a business object.
See also Verb ASI.
- BO (Business Object) A set of attributes
that represent a business entity (such as Employee) and an action
on the data (such as a create or update operation). Components of
the WebSphere business integration system use business objects to
exchange information and trigger actions.
- BO (Business Object) handler A connector
component that contains methods that interact with an application
and that transforms request business objects into application operations.
- Foreign key A business object attribute
that defines the mapping of dependent attributes.
- ODA (Object Discovery Agent) A tool that
automatically generates a business object definition by examining
specified entities within the application and "discovering" the
elements of these entities that correspond to business object attributes.
When you install the adapter, the ODA is automatically installed. Business
Object Designer provides a graphical user interface to access the
ODA and to work with it interactively.
- Verb ASI (application-specific information) For
a given verb, the verb ASI specifies how the connector should process
the business object when that verb is active. The verb ASI contains
the name of the method to call to process the current request business
object.
