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Logical Model

The five principal components of the executive correspondence domain are as follows:

• Folder: the container in which information about a correspondence action is captured (frequently referred to as a docket)
• Agent: the employee of the institution that is handling the correspondence - from setting up the folder in the correspondence unit, to assigning tasks, to responding to correspondence and all related tasks
• Correspondent: the creator of the original correspondence sent to the institution that is added to the executive correspondence management system for preparation of a response
• Task: the unit(s) of work assigned to a correspondence action (for instance draft a reply, edit a reply, proofread a reply, translate a reply, sign a reply)
• Attachment: the record(s) that is created in response to the incoming correspondence (also commonly known as a reply)

Together these key elements form the foundation of an executive correspondence system. All of the other information objects relate to one of more of these components in a manner depicted below (metadata associated with folders may be inherited by task or attachment, as noted by the "constraint" value in the element attributes tables):

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