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Definition

action resulting in an obligation by one or more of the participants in the act to comply with a rule or perform a contract

 

This is a concrete item and can be implemented directly

Term: commitment; 
Plural: commitments; 

Notes

NOTE 1 to entry: The enterprise object(s) participating in an action of commitment may be parties or agents acting on behalf of a party or parties. In the case of an action of commitment by an agent, the principal becomes obligated.

Examples

Diagrammatic representation

Simple graph - commitment

Required associations

Optional associations

Generalisations

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Specialisations

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