Element role

Data contract

Recorded core meaning: A versioned agreement covering structure, semantics and expectations.

dct

Category: element
Core binding: EL21
Semantic family: governance

dct base contour — Base contour or default endpoint marks from the new renderer. Instance metadata, compartments and optional artwork add context in the full profile.

Declare this role

element Example as dct

Place the definition in a view whose profile permits this role. Reuse a shared definition with use Example.

Available in these profiles

c4.dynamic@1canvas.bmc@1canvas.empathy@1canvas.lean@1canvas.pest@1canvas.pestle@1canvas.porter5@1canvas.scorecard@1chart.arc@1chart.basic@1chart.beeswarm@1chart.boxplot@1chart.calendar@1chart.candlestick@1chart.circlepack@1chart.density@1chart.densityheatmap@1chart.dotplot@1chart.edgebundle@1chart.force@1chart.funnel@1chart.gauge@1chart.heatmap@1chart.histogram@1chart.packedbubble@1chart.parallelcoords@1chart.qq@1chart.quality@1chart.quantiledot@1chart.radar@1chart.radialtree@1chart.sankey@1chart.sunburst@1chart.tidytree@1chart.topk@1chart.treemap@1chart.violin@1chart.wordcloud@1ddn@1erd.crowfoot@1geo.choropleth@1geo.outline@1geo.symbols@1matrix.ansoff@1matrix.bcg@1matrix.crud@1matrix.heatmap@1matrix.raci@1matrix.relations@1matrix.storymap@1matrix.tows@1msc.basic@1panels.basic@1panels.composed@1panels.journey@1panels.pyramid@1panels.venn@1sysml.sequence@1table.records@1timeline.basic@1uml.communication@1uml.communication@2uml.object@1uml.object@2uml.sequence@1uml.sequence@2uml.timing@1uml.timing@2

Standard presentation values

{
  "colour": "#526525",
  "fill": "#F2F5E9",
  "shape": "card",
  "glyph": "contract",
  "text_label": "Data contract",
  "token_required_when_ambiguous": true,
  "defaults": {},
  "composition_defaults": {
    "sections": [
      "name",
      "type",
      "table",
      "notes"
    ],
    "order": [
      "table",
      "notes"
    ],
    "note_height": 180,
    "note_wrap": "auto"
  }
}

Registered metadata fields

x_activation, x_activity, x_affinity, x_art, x_bands, x_birth, x_boundary, x_boxed, x_c4tag, x_category, x_chen, x_cmmn, x_coil, x_constraint, x_contact, x_continuation, x_contract, x_custody, x_death, x_derive, x_diagram, x_epc, x_estimate, x_event, x_evidence, x_gate, x_gateway, x_hmscref, x_icon, x_idef0, x_instance, x_interfaces, x_invariant, x_io, x_jump, x_mindmap, x_objectified, x_pack, x_partition, x_petri, x_planning, x_protocol_role, x_rack, x_reconciliation, x_record, x_report, x_requirement, x_role, x_rule, x_sdl, x_sentry, x_sets, x_state, x_states, x_sticky, x_subdiagram, x_template, x_timeconstraint, x_ui, x_use, x_usecase, x_values, x_vsm, x_workflow, x_zone

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