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Relationships

Last modified on July 20th, 2022.

What is a Relationship?

A shortened definition of a relationship, as described in the Lifecycle Modeling Language (LML) Specification 1.2:

A relationship connects entities to each other. ... In LML, all relations shall be defined in both directions and shall have unique names with the same verb. ... Each relationship and its inverse shall have unique names. Relationship names shall also be unique across the whole schema. The relationships enable an English reading of the way entities connect.

We applied this LML definition of an relationship to the bi-directional connections, which can be made between two entities in Innoslate. For example, the standard parent-child relationship (used by all LML entities) is 'decomposed by' and its inverse is 'decomposes.' The relationships available in Innoslate mirror those defined in Table 3-3. Summary Table of LML Relationships (recreated below) of the LML Relationships Specification 1.2:

	Action	Artifact	Asset (Resource)	Characteristic (Measure)	Connection (Conduit, Logical)	Cost	Decision	Input/Output	Location (Orbital, Physical, Virtual)	Risk	Statement (Requirement)	Time
Action	decomposed by * related to *	references	(consumes) performed by (produced by) (seizes)	specified by	-	incurs	enables results in	generates receives	located at	causes mitigates resolves	(satisfies) traced from (verifies)	occurs
Artifact	referenced by	decomposed by * related to *	referenced by	referenced by specified by	defines protocol for referenced by	incurs referenced by	enables referenced by results in	referenced by	located at	causes mitigates referenced by resolves	referenced by (satisfies) source of traced from (verifies)	occurs
Asset (Resource)	(consumed by) performs (produced by) (seized by)	references	decomposed by * orbited by * related to *	specified by	connected by	incurs	enables made responds to results in	-	located at	causes mitigates resolves	(satisfies) traced from (verifies)	occurs
Characteristic (Measure)	specifies	references specifies	specifies	decomposed by * related to * specified by *	specifies	incurs specifies	enables results in specifies	specifies	located at specifies	causes mitigates resolves specifies	(satisfies) specifies traced from (verifies)	occurs specifies
Connection (Conduit, Logical)	-	defined protocol by references	connects to	specified by	decomposed by * joined by * related to *	incurs	enables results in	transfers	located at	causes mitigates resolves	(satisfies) traced from (verifies)	occurs
Cost	incurred by	incurred by references	incurred by	incurred by specified by	incurred by	decomposed by * related to *	enables incurred by results in	incurred by	located at	causes incurred by mitigates resolves	incurred by (satisfies) traced from (verifies)	occurs
Decision	enabled by result of	enabled by references result of	enabled by made by responded by result of	enabled by result of specified by	enabled by result of	enabled by incurs result of	decomposed by * related to *	enabled by result of	located at	causes enabled by mitigated by result of resolves	alternative enabled by traced from result of	date resolved by decision due occurs
Input/Output	generated by received by	references	-	specified by	transferred by	incurs	enables results in	decomposed by * related to *	located at	causes mitigates resolves	(satisfies) traced from (verifies)	occurs
Location (Orbital, Physical, Virtual)	locates	locates	locates	locates specified by	locates	locates	locates	locates	decomposed by * related to *	locates mitigates	locates (satisfies) traced from (verifies)	occurs
Risk	caused by mitigated by resolved by	caused by mitigated by references resolved by	caused by mitigated by resolved by	caused by mitigated by resolved by specified by	caused by mitigated by resolved by	caused by incurs mitigated by resolved by	caused by enables mitigated by results in resolved by	caused by mitigated by resolved by	located at mitigated by	caused by * decomposed by * related to * resolved by *	caused by mitigated by resolved by	occurs mitigated by
Statement (Requirement)	(satisfied by) traced to (verified by)	references (satisfied by) sourced by traced to (verified by)	(satisfied by) traced to (verified by)	(satisfied by) specified by traced to (verified by)	(satisfied by) traced to (verified by)	incurs (satisfied by) traced to (verified by)	alternative of enables traced to results in	(satisfied by) traced to (verified by)	located at (satisfied by) traced to (verified by)	causes mitigates resolves	decomposed by * traced to * related to *	occurs (satisfied by) (verified by)
Time	occurred by	occurred by	occurred by	occurred by specified by	occurred by	occurred by	date resolves decided by occurred by	occurred by	occurred by	occurred by mitigates	occurred by (satisfies) (verifies)	decomposed by * related to *

Please Note: LML does not claim to solve everyone’s total data capture needs, therefore we have included the capability to extend the default database schema in Innoslate via Innoslate's Schema Editor feature.

	Action	Artifact	Asset (Resource)	Characteristic (Measure)	Connection (Conduit, Logical)	Cost	Decision	Input/Output	Location (Orbital, Physical, Virtual)	Risk	Statement (Requirement)	Time
Action	decomposed by * related to *	references	(consumes) performed by (produced by) (seizes)	specified by	–	incurs	enables results in	generates receives	located at	causes mitigates resolves	(satisfies) traced from (verifies)	occurs
Artifact	referenced by	decomposed by * related to *	referenced by	referenced by specified by	defines protocol for referenced by	incurs referenced by	enables referenced by results in	referenced by	located at	causes mitigates referenced by resolves	referenced by (satisfies) source of traced from (verifies)	occurs
Asset (Resource)	(consumed by) performs (produced by) (seized by)	references	decomposed by * orbited by * related to *	specified by	connected by	incurs	enables made responds to results in	–	located at	causes mitigates resolves	(satisfies) traced from (verifies)	occurs
Characteristic (Measure)	specifies	references specifies	specifies	decomposed by * related to * specified by *	specifies	incurs specifies	enables results in specifies	specifies	located at specifies	causes mitigates resolves specifies	(satisfies) specifies traced from (verifies)	occurs specifies
Connection (Conduit, Logical)	–	defined protocol by references	connects to	specified by	decomposed by * joined by * related to *	incurs	enables results in	transfers	located at	causes mitigates resolves	(satisfies) traced from (verifies)	occurs
Cost	incurred by	incurred by references	incurred by	incurred by specified by	incurred by	decomposed by * related to *	enables incurred by results in	incurred by	located at	causes incurred by mitigates resolves	incurred by (satisfies) traced from (verifies)	occurs
Decision	enabled by result of	enabled by references result of	enabled by made by responded by result of	enabled by result of specified by	enabled by result of	enabled by incurs result of	decomposed by * related to *	enabled by result of	located at	causes enabled by mitigated by result of resolves	alternative enabled by traced from result of	date resolved by decision due occurs
Input/Output	generated by received by	references	–	specified by	transferred by	incurs	enables results in	decomposed by * related to *	located at	causes mitigates resolves	(satisfies) traced from (verifies)	occurs
Location (Orbital, Physical, Virtual)	locates	locates	locates	locates specified by	locates	locates	locates	locates	decomposed by * related to *	locates mitigates	locates (satisfies) traced from (verifies)	occurs
Risk	caused by mitigated by resolved by	caused by mitigated by references resolved by	caused by mitigated by resolved by	caused by mitigated by resolved by specified by	caused by mitigated by resolved by	caused by incurs mitigated by resolved by	caused by enables mitigated by results in resolved by	caused by mitigated by resolved by	located at mitigated by	caused by * decomposed by * related to * resolved by *	caused by mitigated by resolved by	occurs mitigated by
Statement (Requirement)	(satisfied by) traced to (verified by)	references (satisfied by) sourced by traced to (verified by)	(satisfied by) traced to (verified by)	(satisfied by) specified by traced to (verified by)	(satisfied by) traced to (verified by)	incurs (satisfied by) traced to (verified by)	alternative of enables traced to results in	(satisfied by) traced to (verified by)	located at (satisfied by) traced to (verified by)	causes mitigates resolves	decomposed by * traced to * related to *	occurs (satisfied by) (verified by)
Time	occurred by	occurred by	occurred by	occurred by specified by	occurred by	occurred by	date resolves decided by occurred by	occurred by	occurred by	occurred by mitigates	occurred by (satisfies) (verifies)	decomposed by * related to *