<s>
A	O
business	B-General_Concept
object	I-General_Concept
is	O
an	O
entity	O
within	O
a	O
multi-tiered	B-Operating_System
software	O
application	O
that	O
works	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
the	O
data	B-Application
access	I-Application
and	O
business	B-Architecture
logic	I-Architecture
layers	I-Architecture
to	O
transport	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Business	B-General_Concept
objects	I-General_Concept
separate	O
state	B-Application
from	O
behaviour	O
because	O
they	O
are	O
communicated	O
across	O
the	O
tiers	B-Operating_System
in	O
a	O
multi-tiered	B-Operating_System
system	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
real	O
work	O
of	O
the	O
application	O
is	O
done	O
in	O
the	O
business	O
tier	B-Operating_System
and	O
does	O
not	O
move	O
across	O
the	O
tiers	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
a	O
program	O
may	O
implement	O
classes	O
,	O
which	O
typically	O
end	O
in	O
objects	O
managing	O
or	O
executing	O
behaviours	O
,	O
a	O
business	B-General_Concept
object	I-General_Concept
usually	O
does	O
nothing	O
itself	O
but	O
holds	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
instance	B-Application
variables	I-Application
or	O
properties	B-Language
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
attributes	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
associations	B-Application
with	O
other	O
business	B-General_Concept
objects	I-General_Concept
,	O
weaving	O
a	O
map	O
of	O
objects	O
representing	O
the	O
business	O
relationships	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
domain	B-Application
model	I-Application
where	O
business	B-General_Concept
objects	I-General_Concept
do	O
not	O
have	O
behaviour	O
is	O
called	O
an	O
anemic	B-Architecture
domain	I-Architecture
model	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
Manager	O
"	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
business	B-General_Concept
object	I-General_Concept
where	O
its	O
attributes	B-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
"	O
Name	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Second	O
name	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Age	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Area	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Country	O
"	O
and	O
it	O
could	O
hold	O
a	O
1-n	B-Application
association	I-Application
with	O
its	O
employees	O
(	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
"	O
Employee	O
"	O
instances	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
example	O
would	O
be	O
a	O
concept	O
like	O
"	O
Process	O
"	O
having	O
"	O
Identifier	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Name	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Start	O
date	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
End	O
date	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Kind	O
"	O
attributes	B-General_Concept
and	O
holding	O
an	O
association	O
with	O
the	O
"	O
Employee	O
"	O
(	O
the	O
responsible	O
)	O
that	O
started	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
