Egor Urvanov

Bounded context

Specs and architecture

A boundary inside which terms mean one thing. “Order” in sales and in delivery can mean different things, so each boundary gets its own specs and vocabulary. Across the border, contexts talk through aggregate events.

sales"order"cart, price, discountits own spec and glossarydelivery"order"parcel, address, courierits own spec and glossaryborder● model, people, systems, data  ● agent and harness  ● risk, stop, boundaryOne word, a different meaning on each side of the border

Source: Martin Fowler: Bounded Context

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