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 Organization

Attribute name	Attribute description	Attribute type	Optionality
Address	This is the (list of) address(s) of the organization.	Intrinsic	Optional (0:?)
Description	This is a description of the Organization.	Intrinsic	Optional
End Date	This is the date on which the Organization ceased to exist.	Intrinsic	Optional
ID	This is the identifier of the Organization.	Identifier	Mandatory
Name	This is the full name of the organization - the name by which it is referenced in any legal correspondence.	Intrinsic	Mandatory
Short Name	This is a short name by which the Organization may additionally be known	Intrinsic	Optional
Start Date	This is the date on which the organization came into being	Intrinsic	Optional

Table 1 — Organization attribute details

/representing_organization(
    org_id='/NULL',
    org_id_class_name='Organization_identification_code',
    org_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:std')/
%^organization = $representing_organization.org%

-- [optional address]
/assigning_address(
    address_class_name='Address',
    address_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    name=@address,
    street_number='$',
    street='$',
    postal_box=''$,
    town='$',
    region='$',
    postal_code='$',
    country='$',
    internal_location='$',
    facsimile_number='$',
    telephone_number='$',
    electronic_mail_address='$',
    telex_number='$',
    url='$',
    located_pers_org=^organization)/

-- [optional description]
/assigning_descriptor(
    descr=@description,
    class_name='Organization_description',
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    is_assigned_to=^organization)/
/identifier(
    ID=@ID,
    source_organization=@source_organization,
    type='Organization_identification_code',
    items=^organization)/
/identifier(
    ID=@name,
    source_organization=@source_organization,
    type='Organization_name',
    items=^organization)/

-- [optional short_name]
/identifier(
    ID=@short_name,
    source_organization=@source_organization,
    type='Organization_short_name',
    items=^organization)/

-- [optional end_date]
Date_or_date_time_assignment
Date_or_date_time_assignment.role = '/IGNORE'
Date_or_date_time_assignment.items -> ^organization
Date_or_date_time_assignment.assigned_date -> @end_date
%^end_date = Date_or_date_time_assignment%
/assigning_reference_data(
    items=^end_date,
    class_name='Date_organization_ceased',
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence')/

-- [optional start_date]
Date_or_date_time_assignment
Date_or_date_time_assignment.role = '/IGNORE'
Date_or_date_time_assignment.items -> ^organization
Date_or_date_time_assignment.assigned_date -> @start_date
%^start_date = Date_or_date_time_assignment%
/assigning_reference_data(
    items=^start_date,
    class_name='Date_organization_started',
    ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence')/

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

/organization(address='Warton Aerodrome, Preston, PR4 1AX', description='Military Aircraft Manufacturer', end_date='01-01-2010', ID='K0999', source_organization='BAE Systems', name='BAE Systems', short_name='BAES', start_date='01-01-1990')/

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

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