System Description: System (Abstract)

The system-of-interest for this System Description is a System (Abstract).

This System Description provides various views of the system-of-interest based upon the interests and concerns of the stakeholders.

This particular System Description establishes the way any identified system-of-interest can be described.

This System Description represents a synthesis of various system definitions and system science approaches. The System Description for a system-of-interest provides:

• Consistent terminology

• Built on system concepts.

  • PDF: System Description: Background and Concepts, Version 0.0, 22-November-2024 (working draft)

• Consistent understanding of the structure, and behavior of a System (Abstract)

• A coherent core that can be used as a basis for architecting systems and processes

• Based upon a mathematical foundation using Category Theory

• Supported by a set of System Patterns. Link to the System Patterns PDF

PDF: System Description: System (Abstract), Version 0.35, 13-February-2025 (working draft)

This document uses a synthesis of the basic definitions of a system as the basis for understanding a thing as a system. The core elements of a system are shown in the following diagram:

The following diagram highlights the full set of information that supports the creation and use of system descriptions.