Hi Clifford,
There's Lot of stuff there to consider. I'll premise my remarks by noting that there are various motivations to model with ORM; and so comments on the correctness of an ORM model can be subjective. I know you have, on other occasions, put aside standard ORM modeling practices, to pursue something other than the usual goal of a Relational Model compliant data structure. You also mentioned that this was an interpretation (manual re-engineering), of a model created using another method; so I won't assume this is how YOU would create an ORM model for this UofD. I know you also have attempted models where only the terms explicitly used in the UofD, are allowed. All this is that I get that you may have a good reasons to model this as you have. With those caveats, there are a number of places where the model breaks with standard ORM practice - as I understand it
I see the Month VOT is shadowed, so I assume there's a reference outside of the visible part of the model; so I can't really comment on how Season and Month (and I guess SupplyPeriod) are used.
The quaternary Fact Type about committing to production looks like it violates the elementary FT restriction. If you limit the model to the terms used in the target, it may seem necessary; but adding a Contract(.id) Entity OT allows the FT to be divided without loss of import:
Refinery(.id) signs Contract(.id) - rather than Refinery commits to ....
Contract is for Product(.name)
Contract is for Quantity()
Contract is for Cost()
Contract is for SupplyPeriod
The "Region will need..." quaternary FT looks legitimate, but why objectify it, if it is not referenced elsewhere?
The ...transportation is available... quaternary FT is oddly constructed: "TransportMethod ...transportation is available...." I'd opt for "Transportation(.method) is available...." Also, I think the "...per KL" at the end is out of place in a predicate reading. I think the "at...Cost" should be taken out, reducing the FT to a ternary. The pricing structure can be added in a separate FT, if the ternary is objectified.
I can't validate the >2 role IUCs without using the tool (it's like trying to do square roots in my head - in other words, too hard).
Getting back to TH's comment on Entity/Value Object types, I think most of the Value Types in this model would be better as EOTs.
If I have a chance later, I'll take a better look at the text listing, and visit the website you referenced. I hope the "what's wrong with this picture" approach I took is what you were after. Final thought: consider moving this to a new thread; maybe titled ORM and CQL.
BRN..