NOTE The template has been defined in the context of UK_Defence. Refer to the business context for details of related templates.

NOTE An explanation of a template and the associated instantiation path is provided in the Template overview section.

Figure 1 — Graphical Representation for Business Object Justification

Justification:

The definition of a Justification is: This information object represents a justification for a decision or for something having been done.

The item that is justified is defined by whatever references this object.

Attribute name	Attribute description	Attribute type	Optionality
A justification for	This is the reference to the item that is justified.	SELECT	Mandatory
Author	This is the author of the justification.	Person	Mandatory
Description	This is the description of the justification.	intrinsic	Mandatory
Effective from date	This is the date on which the justification became effective.	intrinsic	Optional
ID	This is the identifier of the justification.	Identifier	Mandatory
Issuing authority	This is the reference to the person or organization that issued the justification. This may or may not be the same as the person or organization that created the justification.	SELECT	Optional
Justified by	This is the reference to the information object that justifies the related information object referenced by attribute A Justification For. Example: a fault may justify a task being defined to prevent or correct it.	SELECT	Optional
Purpose	This is the purpose of the justification. This might for example be a justification that is required for Project Management or QA purposes, or to satisfy regulatory requirements.	intrinsic	Mandatory

Table 1 — Justification attribute details

-- Justification, Description, and Purpose
/assigning_justification(
    just_item=@a_justification_for,
    just_asgn_role=@purpose,
    role_ecl_id=@purpose_ecl_id,
    just_txt=@description)/

-- Assign reference parameters
%^justification = $assigning_justification.justification%
%^justification_assignment = $assigning_justification.just_asgn%

-- Justification ID
/identifier(
    items=^justification,
    ID=@ID,
    type=@ID_class_name,
    source_organization=@ID_organization)/

-- [OPTIONAL effectivty date from]
/assigning_dated_effectivity(
    start_year=@effectivity_from_date_year,
    start_month=@effectivity_from_date_month,
    start_day=@effectivity_from_date_day,
    start_hour='0',
    start_minute='0',
    start_second='0',
    start_sense='.EXACT.',
    start_hour_offset='0',
    start_minute_offset='0',
    end_year='',
    end_month='',
    end_day='',
    end_hour='0',
    end_minute='0',
    end_second='0',
    end_sense='.EXACT.',
    end_hour_offset='0',
    end_minute_offset='0',
    role_class_name='Actual_effectivity',
    role_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    items=^justification_assignment)/

-- [OPTIONAL justified_by]
/assigning_justification_support_item(
    support_item_role='Justification_support_assignment_role',
    role_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std',
    justification=^justification,
    just_supp_item=@justified_by)/

-- Instantiate Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment entity
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment

-- Set the Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment attribute role to be ignored
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.role = '/IGNORE'

-- Assign the Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment to the justification
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.items -> ^justification

-- Create the owned_by parameter
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.assigned_entity -> @author

-- [OPTIONAL issuing_authority]
-- Instantiate Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment entity
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment

-- Set the Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment attribute role to be ignored
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.role = '/IGNORE'

-- Assign the Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment to the justification
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.items -> ^justification

-- Create the owned_by parameter
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.assigned_entity -> @issuing_authority

The instance diagram in Figure 4 shows an example of the EXPRESS entities and templates that are instantiated by the template:

/justification(description='It was necessary', ID='JCTJ1234', effectivity_from_date_year='2009', effectivity_from_date_month='11', effectivity_from_date_day='05', ID_class_name='Identification_code', ID_organization='P12345678-801', purpose='Task_justification', purpose_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std', a_justification_for='#1', justified_by='#235', author='#78', issuing_authority='#136')/

(an illustration of the consolidated justification template is shown in Figure 5 below.)

The instance diagram in Figure 5 shows the graphic symbol for the template that is to be used in other instance diagrams. The example template is:

Entity in path	Value	Inherited from
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.role	'/IGNORE'	—
Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment.role	'/IGNORE'	—