Artefacts & Components

Inside the node, you name the elements that are contained within the node. We have two types of elements:

• Artefacts. These are concrete elements that you produce for your system. They are normally subsystems or complete systems. Indicated using “«artefact»” with the name.
• Components. Modular parts of the a system that you have incorporated. Indicated using “«component»” with the name.

This is all in a rectangle inside the node, as shown below.

These components can be separate subsystems of your main system, as well as external components to your system.

Nodes can also contain your databases. Fairly simply shown here:

So, what is a node then?