Application Layer

Sat 13 February 2021

Summary of Application Layer Elements

Table 7: Application Layer Elements

Element	Definition	Notation
Application component	Represents an encapsulation of application functionality aligned to implementation structure, which is modular and replaceable.
Application collaboration	Represents an aggregate of two or more application internal active structure elements that work together to perform collective application behavior.
Application interface	Represents a point of access where application services are made available to a user, another application component, or a node.
Application function	Represents automated behavior that can be performed by an application component.
Application interaction	Represents a unit of collective application behavior performed by (a collaboration of) two or more application components.
Application process	Represents a sequence of application behaviors that achieves a specific result.
Application event	Represents an application state change.
Application service	Represents an explicitly defined exposed application behavior.
Data object	Represents data structured for automated processing.