Containing and hiding information about an object, such as internal data structures and code. Encapsulation isolates the internal complexity of an object's operation from the rest of the application. For example, a client component asking for net revenue from a business object need not know the data's origin.
An interrelated set of concepts representing an enterprise application. Each concept, or submodel, in turn represents a fundamental application area. These submodels are: development model, business model, user model, logical model, technology model, and physical model. The Enterprise Application Model is intended to help you plan and complete enterprise development by giving you a framework to see how change to selected areas of your application may affect other areas.