Figure Cat.05 – Service Catalog Entities and Associations

A ServiceCatalog is a group of ServiceSpecifications made available through ServiceCandidates that an organization provides to the consumers (internal consumers like its employees or B2B customers or B2C customers). A ServiceCatalog typically includes name, description and time period that is valid for. It will have a list of ServiceCandidates. A ServiceCandidate is an entity that makes a ServiceSpecification available to a catalog. A ServiceCandidate and its associated ServiceSpecification may be “published” – made visible – in any number of ServiceCatalogs, or in none.  One ServiceSpecification can be composed of other ServiceSpecifications.  These ServiceSpecifications may also be published. Attributes affecting that association, such as the time period during which a ServiceCandidate is valid in a particular ServiceCatalog, are contained in the association class ServCatalogServCandidate. These basic entities are shown in the following Figure.<br/>