Two important aspects to assess the quality of a defined object in the business architecture are "name" and "description". The name should provide a guide to what the object represents, and the description should explain in more detail what the object represents. These criteria apply not least to named information sets in the information architecture, for example entity groups (I41) which are sometimes referred to as "IKEA boxes".
When looking through a number of IKEA boxes in order to find something, the label on the box is crucial to quickly find the right box. By lifting the lid, you can quickly see if what you are looking for is in that particular drawer or not. But if you have to arrange the home and place a certain object in a certain IKEA box, it becomes even more important to understand the idea behind the name - "which things should be included and which should not be included?". Here we benefit greatly from a short and concise but at the same time explanatory description.
In the article "Description of information quantities" we study best practice and give concrete tips and examples of how different information volumes should be described.