Description of the generic aspectis of the transformation application function. This has the following elements - Data sources - Transformation functions - Data targets - Data or object modeling functions

Description of the data sources in general. Is an aggregation of specific data source types. This generic datasource is added to the model to make associations possible with generic requirements and principles

Transformation function from the specific source data model to the standardized target data model. This can be a model or a protocol transformation. Often this transformation is divided in sub steps and these sub steps will be analyzed and modeled in the architecture of a specific data pipe implementation and components

Data target based on a standardized data model. Based on this model and the included data entities one or more interfaces can be implemented for the consumers.

Physical model for the description of a technical implementatin model. This is platform specfic and is used for the creation of SQL DDL and ETL scripts and eventually for technical documentation.

Workflow management for the scheduling and iteration of transformation tasks

For the transformation of source to target datamodels a description of the data elements has to be modeled.

The logfical or conceptual model is abstract in nature and is therefore independent from the implementation platform. In most cases this model must be readable for non IT stakeholderrs.