Template:SAIF Generic IM Requirements

Generic requirements for SAIF Information models. intended to appear under:

Requirements, Relationships and Content

1. Include the set of Reference Information Model (RIM) classes, attributes and associations that represent the information needed to support interoperability in the domain or project that this model will support.
   1. RationaleRIM-derived Models must use the RIM content needed to support the interoperability project in question.
2. Maintain a degree of abstraction appropriate to the level of the model, remembering that models derived from this model can be more specific.
   1. Rationale Large models with myriad classes may obscure the core patterns and concepts that need to be represented in a particular DIM, SIM or other model.