Entities

Terminology

Entities must be named with the most generic terminology possible, in order to best describe the business object that is going to be mastered. This must ensure that all functional requirements are going to be covered. As a matter of fact, try to avoid naming using an application/source name (e.g. SAPEntity), or an organizational name (e.g. HREntity).

Naming conventions

• Do not use any special character or number in the entity name.
• Try to avoid using more than 20 characters for the entity name, not to have too long XPath queries in the MDM components thereafter.
• Use Upper Camel Case to improve the readability of the XPath queries.
• Leave the entity type to anonymous.