Data Model Concepts
The majority of Dfns IDs are formed using the following standard:
{prefix}-{two-to-three-words}-shortHashFor example:
pr-montana-mango-2b17a80613– This refers toPolicy Rule, which can be seen by prefixpr-.pa-five-river-1e6242793d– This refers toPayment, which can be seen by prefixpa-.aa-stands forAsset Accountand so forth
IDs are randomly generated. This allows clients to easily identify entities, talk about them, and discuss them without leaking any information.
Entities in the Dfns data model expose
tags and externalID fields which allow customers to mark items and link them to external databases.Tags can be used to specify groups or categories. They allow customers to mark entities by jurisdiction, department, seniority, business-function, or other classification criteria.
Useful when an entity such as
Payment, Policy, or PublicKey is generated initially within a customer’s database. The externalID of the database record can be provided and later used as a foreign key to retrieve data by using the ID from the customer’s database.Last modified 10mo ago