Ndr interface Dependency Agreement

3.2.Business Entities

The following table shows the Entities stored by the NDR, as well as a high-level summary of the data stored for each. (Section 4.1 provides a definitive listing of the Entities and Attributes held by the NDR.)

Entity	Summary of Data Held in the NDR
Dog	Identifying information Ownership (current and historical) Trainer (current and historical) Penalties (current and historical) Racing history
Litter	Dam Sire Service date Whelping date List of dogs that resulted from the litter
Meeting	Location Date List of Races, each including: Identifying information Prize money List of participating dogs Results
Person	Identifying information Contact details Registered roles, e.g. owner, trainer Group memberships Penalties
Group	Group type, e.g. Syndicate, Partnership Group name List of members

3.3.Business Operations

3.3.1.Operations

The interface supports the following high-level operations on each Entity:

Operation	Description
Create	Create a new instance of the Entity.
Update	Modify an existing instance of the Entity.
Identify	Perform a search against some specified search criteria.
Get	Get the details of an instance of the Entity.
Publish	NDR publishes details of an updated instance.

Note: It is not possible to Delete an Entity via the interface. If an Entity is no longer current, this is indicated by performing an Update either on a status field, or on a date field. For example, when a Dog dies, the Dog Entity remains in the data store, but the status is updated to “Deceased”.