Changeset 10730

Timestamp:

9 Nov 2013, 17:35:17 (11 years ago)

Author:

uli

Message:

Remove Account data type and update others.

File:

• main/eko-disco-specs/trunk/data.rst (modified) (4 diffs)

main/eko-disco-specs/trunk/data.rst

@@ -27 +27 @@
 connected to how many instances of the related entity [#]_.
 
-.. _label-account:
-
-Account
--------
-
-A customer account contains the assets/debts of a :ref:`customer
-<label-customer>`. It is *not* a system account (see
-:ref:`label-login-credentials` for that) but a virtual financial
-account kept by the system. Basically it tells, how much money a
-certain :ref:`customer <label-customer>` owes or is eligible for. Each
-account is connected to exactly one customer.
-
-Connected to: :ref:`label-customer` (1:1), :ref:`label-payment` (1:n),
-:ref:`label-consumption` (1:n)
-
-Used in the following use cases: :ref:`label-uc-account-add`
-
 
 .. _label-contact-address:
@@ -104 +87 @@
 --------
 
-A contract is created whenever a customer orders some service from the
-system. It is always connected to a customer and a service.
+A contract is created whenever a :ref:`label-customer` orders some
+:ref:`label-service` from the system. It is always connected to a
+:ref:`label-customer` and a :ref:`label-service` .
 
 A contract is not necessarily written on paper and signed by
 people. Instead it is an abstraction used inside the system.
 
-It is always created from a service, which tells about the basic data,
-with additional parameters set that depend on the type of service
-ordered.
-
-Contracts can have contract additions.
-
-Connected to: :ref:`label-service` (1:1), :ref:`label-customer`
-
-Used in the following use cases:
+It is always created from a :ref:`label-service` , which tells about
+the basic data, with additional parameters set that depend on the type
+of :ref:`label-service` ordered.
+
+Contracts can have multiple :ref:`label-contract-addon`.
+
+Connected to: :ref:`label-service` (|n0|:1), :ref:`label-customer` (|n0|:1),
+:ref:`label-contract-addon` (1:|n0|)
+
+Used in the following use cases:
+
+
+.. _label-contract-addon:
+
+Contract Addon
+--------------
+
+Kind of 'sub contract' that always belongs to some already existing
+contract but comes with an own set of parameters. Contract addons are
+created by contracts.
+
+Connected to: :ref:`label-contract` (|n0|:1)
 
 
@@ -200 +197 @@
 Services also serve as factories for contracts.
 
+Services can trigger transactions. For instance if some customer
+orders a service. When the service charges become due, a respective
+transaction is triggered.
+
 Connected to: :ref:`label-contract` (1:|n0|)
 
@@ -225 +226 @@
 also contain some amount of money which is thereby transfered to or
 from a customer's account. They also always reference a service which
-is consumed or purchased by the respective customer.
-
-.. todo:: this is an initial draft, by no means the final version
+is consumed, purchased, or (pre-)paid by the respective customer.
 
 Connected to: :ref:`label-customer` (1:|n0|), :ref:`label-service`