A purpose is a property of a resource. For example, a resouce that has a change long has the RDF model (a resource) -> (the change log purpose proprty) -> (a specific change log file) http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#business-requirements itemized descriptions; may also contain business rules http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#business-rules May be: (1) plain or structured English, (2) written into master documentation, (3) Schematron or other formal business rule language, (4) generated by a development tool http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#catalog List of artifacts in the IEPD; machine readable; open, portable format; browser displayable http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#change-log A change log. http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#constraint-schema Constraints for separate constraint validation path; a compressed directory of schemas (to distinguish from other schema sets) http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#domain-model Domain model in standard open format (xmi, vsd, zargo) and standard open graphic (jpg, pdf, etc.); likely a Unified Modeling Language (UML) model http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#endorsement-letters documentation from professional or governmental organizations that confirm support; refer to Endorsement in metadata http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#exchange-schema Base document schema that defines the xml root element, generally named after the IEPD itself; AKA document schema, reference schema, root schema http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#extended-components Components created because they were not in NIEM; may be part of mapping spreadsheet; include structure and definitions of new components; prefer Component Mapping Tool (CMT) http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#extension-schema Specification for extended components; separate local namespace; components not contained in NIEM http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#mapping Mapping of domain components to NIEM components; tagged with constraints (i.e. cardinality, etc.); prefer Component Mapping Tool http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#master-documentation May include purpose, business requirements, what, when, why, how to, etc.; need guidelines for Master Documentation content; the following indented items are possible documents that can be contained with the Master Documentation or broken out as individual files. http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#metadata All metadata registered with the IEPD http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#methodology-and-tools Used to build IEPD; may contain URLs or references to tools, methodology, documentation http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#memorandum-of-understanding Memorandums of Understanding among participating agencies http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#reference-schema A reference schema, as opposed to some other type of schema used for validation. + A specialization of http://www.rddl.org/purposes#schema-validation http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#sample-instance Example instance; may be multiple; may reference optional style sheet http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#sample-xslt Example style sheet for display of instances; may be multiple http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#subset-schema A reference schema, as opposed to some other type of schema used for validation. http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#testing-and-conformance Description and results of validation and conformance testing performed; may include testing output or products http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#want-list A NIEM SSGT want list. + A specialization of http://www.rddl.org/purposes#schema-validation http://www.rddl.org/purposes#non-normative-reference A non normative reference is a document whose definitions are not normative to the referencing document. http://www.rddl.org/purposes#schema-validation A schema to be used for validation http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#use-case-model Use case diagram in standard open format and standard graphic; likely UML http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#endorsement-letters Documentation from professional or governmental organizations that confirm support; refer to Endorsement in metadata http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#constraint-schema Constraints for separate constraint validation path; a compressed directory of schemas (to distinguish from other schema sets) http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#extended-components Components created because they were not in NIEM; may be part of mapping spreadsheet; includes structure and definitions of new components; prefer Component Mapping Tool (CMT) http://niem.gov/niem/resources/purposes#wsdl WSDL description of a web services interface for the IEPD.