#modeling
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Concepts
Aggregate
A cluster of objects treated as one unit for data changes, guarded by a root that protects its invariants. Durable intent, dated mechanism.
Budding
Entity
An object defined by identity and continuity, not attributes. It can change every field and still be the same thing. Endorsed since 2003, but the word got captured.
Budding
Value Object
An object defined by its attributes, not an identity. Two with the same values are interchangeable. The one 2003 mechanism that improved with age.
Budding