Blueprints

The data modelling tool is a tool that can be used for modelling complex domain models.

What is a Blueprint?

A domain model is called for blueprint.

An instances of a blueprint is called entitiy.

Below is a short version of a blueprint for a Car.

{
  "type": "system/SIMOS/Blueprint",
  "name": "Car",
  "description": "This describes how a car looks like",
  "attributes": [
    {
      "attributeType": "string",
      "type": "system/SIMOS/BlueprintAttribute",
      "name": "name"
    },
    {
      "attributeType": "string",
      "type": "system/SIMOS/BlueprintAttribute",
      "name": "description"
    }
}

It says that a Car can have an attribute name and description.

So an instance of a Car can look like.

{
   "name": "Volvo",
   "description": "This is an typically car type used in Norway"
}

Blueprint attributes

Any blueprint can be understood by simply looking at its attributes. Each attribute has several options, some are required and other are optional.

Attribute	Type	Description
name	string	Name of the attribute
attributeType	string	Type of the attribute. Can be a reference to another blueprint, or a primitive type.
extends	string	A reference to another blueprint. The blueprint will inherit attributes from referenced blueprint.
contained	boolean	Describes the conceptual belonging of one entity to another. In other words, if an entity must always be considered in the context of it's "parent" (true), or the entity has meaning on it's own (false).
dimensions	string	Degree of dimensions. Format; A list of integers, each integer defines the size of a dimension. "*"(wildcard) has the special meaning of "unfixed size
optional	boolean	If the attribute is optional or required in the entity
default	any json	Default value for the attribute. Same type as the attribute itself
enumType	string	A reference to an Enum entity. Value should hold the chosen enum value in the entity
inherit	boolean	Property is required in the entity