Life cycle

Definition

A life cycle is a series of actions of a thing during its existence.

Note

The life cycle of a thing can be expressed by a combination of a noun and all its associated verbs, e.g., create thing, share thing and store thing.

Relations

Life cycleis characteristic ofthing

Example

The life cycle of a document is: create, review, revise, store, retrieve, read, publish, update/maintain, archive and delete.