Terminology

These terms are used throughout this Oracle Fusion Cloud Product Lifecycle Management playbook..

Term	Definition
Business Object Family: Items	A business object with a few required child objects, for example, Catalogs, and a large collection of optional child objects, for example, User Defined Attributes.
Business Object Family: Item Class	A business object that has a few required child objects and a large collection of optional child objects, for example, Pages and Attribute Groups.
Business Object Family: Item Structure	A business object that's associated with Items, for example, Component, and a large collection of optional child objects, for example, Substitute components and Reference Designators.
Business Object Family: Change Orders	A routable business object to which items are added and routed for enrichment of data. It's then reviewed then approved.
Business Events	An event published by Oracle Fusion Cloud Product Lifecycle Management when an applicable business object is updated. Use Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC) to subscribe to these events. Note: OIC might require extra licensing.